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This is an unfortunate trend we will see across software going ahead. When the bar to make something is low, the market is inevitably flooded by cheap and medio
by potamic 9mo ago
This is an unfortunate trend we will see across software going ahead. When the bar to make something is low, the market is inevitably flooded by cheap and mediocre stuff that overshadow everything else. Soon there won't be an incentive to make high quality stuff because even if you did, you wouldn't be able to grab anyone's attention with it because it's all taken away by the endless slop that won't stop.
- criddell 9mo ago> you wouldn't be able to grab anyone's attention Thus the rise of the influencer economy. What better way is there to learn about something than from somebody you trust?
- ZpJuUuNaQ5 9mo ago>from somebody you trust However bad thing are or will be, trusting "influencers" is the last thing you should do.
- criddell 9mo agoIf John Carmack mentioned a great new debugger he's been using lately, I'd probably check it out. I trust him when it comes to software discussions. I'm taking a pretty broad definition of influencer. In your family, you may be an influencer if you are the one people come to with tech problems.
- chuckadams 9mo agoI think the judgment applies mostly to people for whom "influencer" is their actual job title.
- reaperducer 9mo agopeople for whom "influencer" is their actual job title. Whenever I see the word "influencer," my brain automatically substitutes "unemployed."
- boilerupnc 9mo agoThe word "Maven" comes to mind. In my circles, there are many different Mavens that I lean on depending on the categorical niche that I'm evaluating.
- trollbridge 9mo agoInterestingly, the tidal wave of poor quality business software for small businesses is what's made it possible for my own business to exist at all.
- gunapologist99 9mo agoThat does sound interesting; what is your business (or at least the category if you don't want to disclose)?
- trollbridge 9mo agoBasically, serving a small business whose key app they use got sold to private equity, has been turned into a subscription, support is now tickets they never get fixed, and the subscription goes up 20% a year.
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