Yeah, there are a few things I talk about that are often on repeat. That's just life. I wasn't saying that to knock you down.

Reverse engineer your conspiracy theories. Watch how nearly everyone like you thought ditching their stake would somehow negatively impact The Haters.

The result. Everyone like you now has literally no say when it comes to the direction of this platform. Most of those like you can't even upvote the content you'd prefer and instead have to depend on a centralized entity (Resonator as an example).

So to generalize, alternative news and whatnot, fucked themselves, out of spite. To top it off, the consumers also go around claiming the platform is "censored", scaring away their own people. Meanwhile stakeholders are the ones defending them, saying the platform is not censored.

I've been studying this for years dude. I once wrote, "What you don't see behind closed doors is you, walking up to them."

It was an inside job. That's my theory. But I'm not saying you're the insider. More like just another one who got steered over a cliff by their own wheel.

Now I realize this might not sit well with you. It's just my own observations. A similar thing happens with a lot of other content styles.

Notice how people still complain, "No such thing as shortform here!" They ignore the advancements like that leo threads platform, and others. They run with that narrative and scare folks away from learning about these other options. Sadly many in love with LEO centralized their stake through delegation as well, potentially sacrificing its success, for short term gains. Very few can actually support threads with votes. But many produce threads expecting votes of some kind.

I pay a lot of attention to this ecosystem. The ins, outs, and all the betweens.

That VYB thing wasn't quite a failure, but did not reach its full potential. Part of the reason was because the most outspoken people against downvotes quickly dumped their VYB rather than embracing the new design, which was something they claimed would be a requirement. All talk, no action. Pretended it no longer existed and went back to saying the place is doomed. Sometimes I wonder which government they're working for. Of course that's going to tinfoil hat territory.