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It isn't the users, it's the platform and underlying philosophy of the business. They are factory-farming humans' attention; it's no wonder the result is dystopian.
I see this sentiment posted often on HN but I've seen no social media that didn't eventually become toxic or that didn't feed on human attention, this website included. What good is a platform if nobody pays attention to it? And if people are paying attention to it, how do you plan to prevent them from fighting, competing with each other over every little thing, and spreading misinformation?
You provide enough value without over reaching to gobble up the planet's engaged time. You know massive ad engines which make the social media concept profit driven will not stop existing as a driver for the metaverse. We would need to pay to play in this space or accept a terrible freemium model which is likely to cause unintended consequences. The worst outcome would be a combination of both.