Last week, when it came out that CEO Jay Graber was "not ruling out" advertising, we had a good discussion (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/113602718570344278) of the terrible economic pressures that the business must be under.
Simply stated they are operating beyond their means. All of the fancy features that are attracting new users cost way more money that the company takes in, so something has to give.
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