I think threads like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28440742 help explain the complexity of performance. There's considerations from the development process, existing technology, simplicity, and more.
TeeTwoLee
joined 1 year ago
Thank you for bringing up Eternal September. I feel like it's one particularly relevant to the situation right now. I'm new here and I'm just jumping in and seeing what happens, but I'm aware that I should probably read more than I write.
I agree, communities take time to grow
Maybe part of what makes TikTok so powerful, how it categorizes videos in an addicting way, is that it turns the lurkers into contributors/voters by using watch time as a proxy for voting.