The darling CEO steps down, and a scapegoat CEO steps up.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

RE: https://boing.world/@pre/116206661645246636

The darling CEO steps down, and a scapegoat CEO steps up. They turn the heat up to 11 and take all the blame.

A new CEO eventually takes reins and promises to "fix things." They make a few popular changes. People praise the new ceo for walking things back to a 10, where the board wanted things all along.

[wtrmt@mastodon.social]

@fromjason enshittification is the destination, the indispensable end-state to milk all possible profit.
You can’t stop enshittification from within: Step in front of it and be trampled.
Venture Capital rules: greed is God.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

@wtrmt agreed. It baffles me when people defend VC funded projects with "let's wait and see" when every example we have proves there's only one outcome.

[geos@toot.community]

@fromjason
Bluesky users: "It'll be fine, right? It'll be fine... I think it will be fine. Won't it? Won't it? It'll be fine."

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

Let's be clear what's at stake here, because this isn't just about a social media platform.

Bluesky PBC wants ATProtocol to be the *infrastructure* for the entire Social W̷e̷b̷ Internet. That level of ambition deserves scrutiny from everyone from every angle.

This isn't an ActivityPub vs ATProtocol thing either. Frankly, imo, they both can go under or survive.

Will these projects improve the social web for the *people* is the only question that matters.