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> glad to see the project will continue.

Well ... perhaps without the project people would get fed up with X much faster and move on to something better.

So perhaps these websites only help X to exist.

there is a couple good arguments that alternative front ends open up competition. the first is that since people only see the front end, then augmenting that with additional backends is lower friction. the other is that since network effects are so important (people only go to the busy clubs), that providing a bridge to the existing users and content is kind of mandatory for someone trying to promote an alternative.

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