Theory of Disillusionment Twelve: You Will Never Know the Underlying Weakness of a 'Star' Project That Hasn't Addressed Real Needs

I believe everyone has experienced this to some extent, and the most classic example is Movement @movementlabsxyz263

Extremely wealthy but utterly unproductive, a bunch of developers wanted to dive in and make a big splash, only to find that the leadership was preoccupied with cashing out, and even unequal profit-sharing led to internal strife, which made everyone aware of this situation

In addition, there are tactics such as outsourcing product technology, packaging or hiding team backgrounds, old white male endorsements, and 180-degree project pivots

If you want to see actual case studies, feel free to check out the project analysis articles I wrote a couple of days ago on Allora and Openledger

The former even got a like from the Allora team, perhaps they themselves also feel their project is quite underwhelming 🤣