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But communication style and personality hasn’t changed - that’s actually the problem. It’s still quirky and nerdy and exciting. But people’s perception of this communication style has changed. Or they grew more and more dislike for it over time (you can’t please everyone)
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This was called out by months ago. I immediately thought of this tweet when I read Curzi’s post.
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I'm suggesting you take a hard look at the consequences of the apparently cosmetic choice to use such language and mental models. Who does it attract? Who does it turn off. What doors open? What doors close? In case it's not clear, it personally turns me off quite strongly.
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Building a business and product is the art of juggling priorities & resources. Hard stuff. It seems an over reaction to for people to say things like “the fall of Roam” when, in fact, this is the type of learning experience that will make a company stronger long-term
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Good stuff for and gang to reflect on. I’ve not really laid attention to all this, but still been using as before. My key product concerns (loading time, permissions, API, link preview) are unchanged from a year ago. That’s basically all I care about.
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I’m not in it for community or messianic world-changing, and I think people who are actually interested in the core technology basically are disjoint from those for whom it’s a missionary vehicle. The company has to basically figure out which group to serve or lose both.
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