On: They can and will ruin everything you love

[omscs99]

> Beloved websites are destroyed by money hungry ghouls everyday.

Seems like a common theme: people build a community around something, it becomes something really cool, and then a bunch of businesspeople insert themselves and liquidate the trust that’s been built

The problem is money, it pits people against each other. It draws in all of these sociopathic businesspeople. It turns people into ass kissers. It liquidates trust. It destroys community

Build a culture where people think money = God and this is what happens. It consistently brings out the absolute worst in people

[SleepilyLimping → omscs99]

>Seems like a common theme: people build a community around something, it becomes something really cool, and then a bunch of businesspeople insert themselves and liquidate the trust that’s been built

So do the people who let the business people in just get to dodge the blame? "Oh well, we can't expect anyone to have principles in the face of so much money, so we shouldn't hold anyone to a standard?"

[atq2119 → SleepilyLimping]

Don't hate the players, hate the game.

This applies to all the actors here as long as they abstain from getting involved in politics in a way that perpetuates the rules of the game.