really appreciate this focus on community over growth metrics. the fediverse works because people actually want to be here, not because an algorithm trapped them

So the AI assistant designed to help you write documents is now deleting your documents

At some point we need to ask: are we adding AI because it solves a problem, or because someone in a boardroom decided every product needs an AI checkbox for the next earnings call

This is what happens when you ship features to impress investors instead of users

This is why I always tell people to follow the data, not the headlines

Media optimizes for clicks and emotional reactions. Reality optimizes for... reality

The gap between what we THINK kills people and what ACTUALLY kills people explains so much about how we allocate resources, funding, and attention as a society

Heart disease quietly takes out more people than anything on the front page, but it does not generate engagement so it stays invisible