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Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by smoldesu »

tasogare wrote: post #40
smoldesu wrote: post #14

Innovation may be inherently controversial, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't pay attention to the controversy. People who are vocal enough to voice a concern about your product probably care on one level or another, and ignoring them is tantamount to ignoring a support query. If you want your innovation to mean something, you still need to listen and work with your community to build something better. All of…

> biggest innovators > Discord We’re speaking of a chat application...

Love it or hate it, Discord changed the chatting landscape. They're approaching 100 million active users and have inspired countless other chat clients and software like Matrix's Element, or Slack. They may not have built Rome here, but I'd argue that the best innovation just repositions pieces that are already on the table.

Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by salakotolu »

xwdv wrote: post #2

The way Cathie Wood manages ARK strikes me as institutional size day trading, and having a “five year vision” is no excuse to catch falling knives or accumulate recklessly.

You're not alone. I've also spent some time trying to understand the game ARK is playing. I wrote about it last week: https://tolusnotes.com/understanding-what-ark-invest-is-up-t...

Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by bumblebritches5 »

smoldesu wrote: post #41
tasogare wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> biggest innovators > Discord We’re speaking of a chat application...

Love it or hate it, Discord changed the chatting landscape. They're approaching 100 million active users and have inspired countless other chat clients and software like Matrix's Element, or Slack. They may not have built Rome here, but I'd argue that the best innovation just repositions pieces that are already on the table.

Inspiration != Innovation

Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by mbrodersen »

smoldesu wrote: post #41
tasogare wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> biggest innovators > Discord We’re speaking of a chat application...

Love it or hate it, Discord changed the chatting landscape. They're approaching 100 million active users and have inspired countless other chat clients and software like Matrix's Element, or Slack. They may not have built Rome here, but I'd argue that the best innovation just repositions pieces that are already on the table.

Discord is a small improvement on already existing ideas. The number of users has nothing to do with “innovation”. Unless of course you think toilet paper is “innovative” because it has more users than Discord.

Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by Arathorn »

smoldesu wrote: post #41
tasogare wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> biggest innovators > Discord We’re speaking of a chat application...

Love it or hate it, Discord changed the chatting landscape. They're approaching 100 million active users and have inspired countless other chat clients and software like Matrix's Element, or Slack. They may not have built Rome here, but I'd argue that the best innovation just repositions pieces that are already on the table.

both slack and element significantly predate discord...

Re: Innovation Is Inherently Controversial

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Post by grey_earthling »

Arathorn wrote: post #46
smoldesu wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Love it or hate it, Discord changed the chatting landscape. They're approaching 100 million active users and have inspired countless other chat clients and software like Matrix's Element, or Slack. They may not have built Rome here, but I'd argue that the best innovation just repositions pieces that are already on the table.

both slack and element significantly predate discord...

Why do you think it is that Discord has taken off more than Element in terms of ubiquity, given that Element theoretically had a head-start?

Or, what can advocates of Matrix (and open protocols more generally) do to try to replicate that success and catch-up?

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