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 🎯web2 clients got captured by maximizing engagement metrics at all costs, and became ideal products for the sensational Breaking bots and for Elons. And less ideal for others.

It could be fun, and informative, and definitely pairs up well with the attention milking ad model. But it's just a sliver of utility and value which people seek on the internet.

Be conscious about this tradeoff, and optimize (at least some) clients for the real people, not for the Breaking bots.