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Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah I tend to agree. I think all communities have a critical mass and past that point they go downhill.

I was just googling for the rat overpopulation experiment because I think it works as a great example of this and it turns out this whole concept has a term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think a better metaphor is fermentation.

    It happens naturally whenever the ingredients are brought together but in order to get a quality product you need ridiculous amounts of knowledge, process, and technology.

    And even a tiny bit of the wrong bacteria can ruin an entire batch, but people will still drink it and go blind.

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