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by samstave 811 days ago
Sam's Law:

"As an idea or subject gains wider popularity and interest, the level of passion and laser focus on the _outcomes_ of the idea or subject gets diluted to the average level of understanding of the interested audience for the core subject"

(my weak attempt at describing this issue)

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The Peter Principle of communities: They grow until they become useless.
Petering out, as it were :-)