X veterans lament VC-backed posts crowding out the weird creative anon culture
moonsandhues · x · 2026-09-29
The poster complains that after normies and LinkedIn-style users flooded X chasing alpha, every other post now feels backed by a company or VC, with fewer people genuinely pushing new ideas—citing @bayeslord's take that no new opinions have emerged since 2024.
The quoted reply recalls the old days: anonymous accounts of brilliant weirdos spending day and night on cool, strange ideas and artworks, versus today's cookie-cutter headshot profiles desperately trying to go viral.
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