Your generosity naively assumes that given enough time they would resolve your concerns. That is never the case with these anti-social social media companies.
It's taboo to talk about, but the correlation between political conservatism and overwhelming amounts of technical debt leading to non-existent operational security is hard to overlook.
While I realize that all major platforms have had their dark days, those days usually pale in comparison to a dark day at a conservative-based platform.
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I think you’ll find extremists of all stripes perform poorly, mostly due to the much smaller talent pools involved. Can you name a handful of highly successful extreme left tech companies?
Moreover, assigning any random highly successful tech company as ‘leftist’ seems silly. What’s less leftist than a vehicle for minting billionaires and further enriching existing ones?
Technical ability has helped many startups leapfrog others in a similar space and time. It's the lore which HN is based upon. In a scenario where lots of actors are trying to censor your site, having great tech chops can help with resilience. Technical ability unlocks new revenue streams and optimizes existing ones.
Viability starts to approach zero if the business faces security issues. Its as if the hull of a ship is breached. The safety of everybody on board now is at risk. People literally get murdered when the wrong DMs or photos leak. Exposing your users digital life to grifters and governments a huge risk to them and your business as a result, let alone the hard cost of managing a data breach. Companies recognize these risks and put checks and balances in to ensure that these things get caught. Some even have a fiduciary responsibility to do so. That said, when a CTO decides to push code, they generally have the ability to override any of those safety systems.
I think you're spot-on that extremist companies can't grow very large and struggle for talent.
It's entirely possible to generate lots of wealth while advocating for wealth to be distributed more broadly. One can argue and support reforming how Trusts are taxed, and may make a bigger dent in the problem than they could by holding up a sign on a street corner. I don't see entrepreneurial success as antithetical to progressive causes. Using the position of power that your success affords to change the rules of society to benefit you and yours... that there is conservative, commonplace, and where leftist opposition should be laser-focused.
Honest question, perhaps it's that they're just more socially aware? That they respond better to societal pressures and feedback loops.