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I think there's a "too many people in the pool" problem that happens with everything virtual. Facebook was a big deal when I was in High School and early college, and I remember how quick the fall-off was once Instagram came out. Our parents had slowly been signing up for FB for years, and all the young people flocked to Instagram to have their "exclusive" club again.

Reddit is another great example for me. 2010-2015 was a magical time there, and if you look at it now it's filled with bot accounts pumping subreddits full of reposts. Back in the day people farmed Reddit karma to flex on other Redditors, now they do it for the financial incentive and no actual user would care about their "Reddit Score" these days.

It makes me wonder if it's possible to both be a successful platform and a GOOD platform, because ultimately something that is successful will get hijacked by bad actors who see a way to profit from it (either by money directly or by indirectly influencing opinions).

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Maybe better to say "both be a popular platform and a GOOD platform"? (although I guess "platform" instead of "service" already implies that the figure of merit for success is popularity)

compare the motto: "avoid success at all costs"