Many of the people who still write in public are funneling attention they get into those buckets:
1) Power. An example in the tech community are the "public intellectuals." Examples include Tim O'Reilly, Reid Hoffman, etc. They are already commercially successful. But are effectively cultivating influence and power by advocating for their ideas and world view.
2) Sales. Basically anyone who uses Twitter or LinkedIn well is selling themselves, their products, company, etc.
You might've noticed that many successful operators and investors who have gone mostly silent and have mostly stopped writing about their thoughts in public, but are hyping their investments, products, company/culture, etc.
The downsides are far too great, and so PR firms are engaged to obfuscate and filter.
It's a real shame. I found many friends and colleagues through public forums and shared ideas. Most all of them have retreated to private channels like: Signal, iMessage, Discord, etc.
1) Power. An example in the tech community are the "public intellectuals." Examples include Tim O'Reilly, Reid Hoffman, etc. They are already commercially successful. But are effectively cultivating influence and power by advocating for their ideas and world view.
2) Sales. Basically anyone who uses Twitter or LinkedIn well is selling themselves, their products, company, etc.
You might've noticed that many successful operators and investors who have gone mostly silent and have mostly stopped writing about their thoughts in public, but are hyping their investments, products, company/culture, etc.
The downsides are far too great, and so PR firms are engaged to obfuscate and filter.
It's a real shame. I found many friends and colleagues through public forums and shared ideas. Most all of them have retreated to private channels like: Signal, iMessage, Discord, etc.