1. El Conflicto Central: Usuarios como Producto y la Enshittification.
La necesidad de generar ingresos en plataformas masivas inevitablemente lleva a priorizar a los inversores y anunciantes sobre la base de usuarios, resultando en la degradación de la experiencia (enshittification). Los usuarios son vistos como un medio para un fin: el dinero.
- If you dont pay for it then you are the product.
- Users are a means to an end, which is money they are not the end goal theyre the pain in the ass to deal with to get to the end goal.
- It costs a lot of money to make and run a social media, so i feel like 13 times out of 10 youre going to wind up with out of touch, rich as fuck snobs for website leadership who will actively work to tarnish their rep and run the website right back to the same path as mainstream.
- The unfortunate truth of the real world is you kinda just have to accept a little bit of enshittification in social media. Cant run a site without money.
2. La Trampa del Capital de Riesgo (VC) y la Búsqueda de Rentabilidad.
Muchas plataformas, especialmente Bluesky, operan inicialmente con fondos de capital de riesgo. Esta financiación crea una presión insostenible para monetizar rápidamente, lo que a menudo implica sacrificar los principios originales y la satisfacción del usuario.
- Vc-funded communities are liable to enshittification, they have to start making money sometime and thats usually when it gets worse for users.
- Bluesky has never made money, has no real plan for how to make money, and is being propped up by a billionaire who seems increasingly annoyed by its user base. This is not sustainable.
- The classic vc tactic is burn money to get users then degrade the experience by monetizing it once users are more locked in.
- Theyve got vc money in this place, they literally dont want the current cohort, they want the vast sea of jellyfish-brain garbage that makes up twitter and facebook.
3. Críticas a la Moderación y la Captación de Dinero "Sucio".
La moderación se convierte en un punto de fricción directo con los objetivos financieros. Las plataformas son acusadas de permitir contenido dañino (fascismo, bots, ragebait) porque genera engagement y, por lo tanto, dinero o atrae a inversores con agendas políticas.
- Theres no money in allowing marginalized communities, especially actively persecuted communities, to use your product. The real money comes from brands interacting with thousands of paid bots, all of whom are working towards laundering fascism for the few real humans that see it.
- The platforms algorithm feeds our worst impulses because our worst impulses are how the platform makes money.
- The bluesky team took like a week to shit on their own brand and basically become less evil twitter lol. That being said i still draw the line at every click gives a nazi some money in terms of leaving social media.
- The answer is unfortunately money. I actually think that elmos decision to give a money to checkmarked accounts for engagement saved the site during the chaotic death of twitter into x. Just post ragebait, stolen art, or generate your own slop.
4. Estrategias de Monetización Fallidas y la Resistencia del Usuario.
Los intentos de monetización, ya sea a través de publicidad invasiva, suscripciones o venta de datos, son ampliamente rechazados. Los usuarios expresan frustración y buscan alternativas, a menudo descentralizadas, aunque estas también enfrentan desafíos financieros.
- I would happily give bluesky money if it meant the team would let this place be what it is and stop trying to destroy our community here for no apparent reason.
- I am morally opposed to buying an app with a subscription or giving my money to adobe!!
- Boycott tik tok! dont put any more money into billionaires pockets.
- If you dont like ads consider subscribing! runs ad for an ai service that uses the all caps instrumental i will remove all of my fingernails and toenails before i ever give you money you slob.