I’ve quit 3 things in my life: a) Quora, b) art of gig substack (cost me 4K in subscription refunds), and c) my last real job. Oddly enough this decision feels most like c), because it suddenly feels like a job.
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Charismatic authority principle: org structure mirrors auteur sensibility
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Conway’s law: product architecture mirrors org structure
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McLuhan: medium is the message
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we work for Musk now
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Musk to employees: This is an engineering-driven culture. You have to work long hours at high intensity. I make all decisions.
Musk to users: This is a paid reach culture. You have to pay $8 and work long hours at high intensity for previously free reach. I make all rules.
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For many accounts, reach has already been severely restricted for arbitrary reasons by politically radical employees. They made all the rules and were rapidly biased in enforcement.
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aghhhh it sucks, I'm gonna miss reading lots of cool accounts like yours if this keeps going as we think it will...






