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this is exactly what happens… we miss news, we miss opportunities… people go elsewhere 

soon this bleeds into development.. then we lose devs due to lack of user growth 

then we have a brain drain & lose our critics & thinkers as engagement dwindles 

i have suggested ways to grow users…practical & pragmatic solutions… as has many of us 

there is nothing else we can do… they don’t want to listen to their users

if daus do not growth over the next 3-4 months, if there is no UA, no marketing, no eco fund, no massive grant program, no affiliate program, no nothing… the future looks bleak 

we all literally all betting that one app or one token goes viral… that it breaks out & brings in new users… that is our bull case…

with no help from the purple app, it all rests in the hands of a dozen or so cracked devs who are building here simply because of their ideological beliefs 

lord knows these devs are not getting enough recognition… carrying a unicorn on their back

FC culture used to be wildly optimistic, and lately everyone I’ve talked to has echoed this sentiment, even the earliest OGs

I don’t know what the solution is but I don’t blame anyone who spends less time here or leaves altogether, the opportunity cost is real

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100%, I’m sticking around because I value the network here, lots of people I consider to be true friends. But definitely thinking about diversifying more so I don’t miss out on so much of what’s happening

i echo the sentiment of the opportunity cost and have recently reduced usage. mainly through my own circumstances and desired outcomes. 

early culture here was slow culture, as everything in tech, acceleration happened. "OGs" liked the slow stuff because we extracted the most value. but slow culture leads to EU outcomes. fast culture leads to US outcomes. We all know what happened there. 

Many things to be said but overall, my opinion, is that we are creatures of habit and early birds like their hold habit and always will struggle to adopt the next gen, including me.

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yep, the worry is that as the real bull market starts that will happen more and more. gotta get people over here so that doesn’t happen

There’s been some level of dec retention. I think it’s helped that there have been ample ways to get paid, but it’s a real threat when those opportunities are springing up more outside of FC walls

Retention is all you need

turn on the machine... we cannot afford to wait any longer

the community has quite literally begged them to do so for years… time and time again… 

for the sake of the builders who are taking on unnecessary risk for the sake of THIER business… turn on the machine