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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They do. However, the quality of a person's work should be more important than their schmoozing skills. Not a shock, but definitely an annoyance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is how any new field of work or science starts out. Then, as money starts to be made, the field comes to the attention of the money- and power-hungry who slowly take it over and transform it into something they can control with politics and shenanigans. These people didn’t have the intelligence or passion or drive to create, but they know how to play people to get what they want. Unfortunately the good people too often let themselves be shmoozed by them and that’s their “in”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I know this term is overused, but it's essentially enshittification. It didn't start with the internet.