Why the fuck are we still normalizing free money as the only way to attract users???

And why in the living fuck are we pretending these are real users???

And why the absolute fuck would we pretend any of these apps have PMF???

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It's obviously part of core marketing.

To be fair, I always criticize this strategy; it may give a boost in the short term, but it has so many toxic network effects. 

Such as:

- creates false narratives
- incentives hype, false advertisements, and placeholder content
- corrupts the organic interactions graph
monetizes interactions that further corrupt the organic interactions  graph
- creates total fucked-up retention patterns
- pollutes any kind of analytics 

Just to name a few...

I don't think it's the only thing attracting new users but am curious about what you think the better alternatives would be.