> and proved that a values-driven social network could thrive at scale.

How could a social network, or anything humans create, not be values-driven?

"values-driven" is the TedTalk-ified equivalent of MBA-speak like "synergy". Meaningless and unmeasurable, but sounds good in a pitch deck.

	▲	zachlatta 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This is really not true. It’s important that when people say this, we hold them to it and reward them when they see it through. The internet has a tendency to penalize people who try to do bold things. As a result, it’s too often strategic to stay quiet and boring and focus on the bottom line. We shouldn’t be cynical. We should be excited when people say bold things and reward them when they live up to it.

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_heimdall 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Values aren't the only motivator, unless you take an extremely broad definition of values.

	▲	plufz 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, the value of money is ironically usually not what we mean with ”values”.

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paxys 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The only value driving most things you see online is the value of money. Which is not the kind of values they are referring to.

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Zigurd 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I suppose in the same way that all eating is health and nutrition driven. Good or bad.

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mcdonje 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seriously? If a company is publicly traded, they're legally required to prioritize shareholder value, unless they're a benefit corp or something with multiple bottom lines. I suppose you could call it values-driven to drive up the bottom line, but that's not normally what people mean.

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jakelazaroff 4 hours ago | parent [-]

IANAL but no, executives are not actually legally required to increase shareholder value.

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verdverm 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They generally are aiui. Bluesky was formed as a PBC, which is basically a corporation where investors cannot sue for deralict of fiduciary duty.

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irishcoffee 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.#Judgme...

Allow me introduce you to the inception of enshittification

	▲	jakelazaroff 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The section you linked to says the decision was non-binding, and the next section includes multiple quotes disputing the idea that such a legal requirement exists.

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relaxing 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You know how there are two sexual orientations: straight, and Political?

It’s sort of like that.