hot* take: not everything needs to be inclusive and not every product/brand/platform needs to make everyone happy



*reasonable, common take that most people won’t say out loud these days

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*probably* not what you intended but made me think of https://youtube.com/shorts/X2HN-u4aHGg?feature=share

Actual hot take: A significant fraction of lionized traits are actually maladaptive and making trans beer or whatever other absurdity is a great way to make people with these traits self-select into a large, easily excludable group, to whom your stated logic actually properly applies.

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100%. "But a subset of people will never stop complaining. When a problem becomes less severe, they switch to a different problem. And they will always find some problem that they feel requires their vocal complaint."

i genuinely don't get how anyone could feel good or uplifted for a prolonged time with this mentality

Reminds me of:

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-shouting-class

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real world: MLB changing (and marketing) its new rules to make baseball appeal to a wider audience -> frustrates loyal baseball fans

crypto world: most NFT projects market to everyone without a target audience in mind

What's one you think is trying to make everyone happy but probably shouldn't?

if everything caters to everyone, then it caters to no one

Isn’t the tribalism around specific luxury brands evidence of this?

As long as everyone wears a Fanny pack than it’s okay to be exclusive.

Haha. 💯 reasonable. I run a fashion innovation Telegram for industry pros which I bill as a benevolent dictatorship. Fully noob-free zone. Refreshing.

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Passionate users are vital during the early stages of a product but this becomes impossible if you try and cater to everyone.

Additionally, diluting your product into a milquetoast version removes it's 'identity' and this often has negative impacts on team morale.

If you’re for everyone, you’re for on one. Period.

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I agree, just make your product, if its good, it will make money.

a steelier version of the straw man you’re countering might be that inclusivity matters for products/brands/platforms under specific conditions and for specific reasons. a more revealing convo imo is what are those conditions and why? where do you draw the line?