[livueta]

Incoming unsupported generalization: this is what happens when you mostly hire fanbois. I think (had a couple acquaintances move from hobby bot/gateway development to Discord employment) they source a lot of their team from people who were evangelists of some sort for the platform pre-employment. You also see it in gaming sometimes - OSRS comes to mind - where community members end up in community management/dev roles. There's something about that elevation from unwashed peon to One Of The Big Boys With A Forum Badge that really messes with the ego.