2025-12-11 17:48:38

Ever notice how people forgot a basic truth? When something feels free and profitable to you, flip the script—you're probably the actual product.

Your clicks, your time, your reactions? That's the fuel. Platforms package your engagement into shiny metrics, then wave those numbers at investors to lock in the next funding round.

Yet somehow, most folks just… don't see it. They scroll, they interact, they feed the machine—all while thinking they're winning.

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SybilSlayer

· 10h ago

Oh my God, it's the same old rhetoric... but on the other hand, it really hits the point. But I actually think some people know they are the product, they just choose to pretend not to know. It's a siege, if they can't get out, they just accept it.

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StillBuyingTheDip

· 12-13 04:24

Hey, this is a common cliché, but most people just pretend not to see 🤷 We are all sheep awaiting slaughter, but some people have known for a long time.

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GateUser-e87b21ee

· 12-11 18:18

It's a common saying, but it's really outrageous that so many people haven't even realized it.

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rekt_but_resilient

· 12-11 18:18

Wow, isn't this exactly what we're all doing, yet we remain oblivious No one can refuse a free lunch, and as a result, we become the dish I've seen through it long ago, but I still can't stop scrolling You think you're using the product, but in fact, the product is using your brain

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

· 12-11 18:13

I knew it earlier, but I just can't stop scrolling, haha

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HodlKumamon

· 12-11 18:07

Data doesn't lie, but our wallets will cry... --- Wait, isn't this the legendary "attention economy"? According to user behavior data statistics in 2024, the average attention value contributed per person daily on social platforms is about $0.8~1.2, but we haven't received anything. --- Wake up, brothers! You think you're surfing for free, but in fact, they've long sold your behavioral sequence to advertisers. --- [Serious face] From the platform's MAU growth curve, user stickiness and funding rounds show a positive correlation of 0.94. In simple terms, the more addictive you are, the more excited VCs become. --- I just want to ask, how much longer will our attention be exploited? --- Oh right, I forgot a detail: when you think a service is free, it often means you are the packaged product.

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MoonlightGamer

· 12-11 18:00

I knew it all along, but most people just pretend not to see.

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RugPullAlarm

· 12-11 17:58

On-chain data has long exposed this套路 thoroughly. User retention rates and daily active users directly map to funding valuations— isn't this just a variant of a Ponzi scheme? Investors are only interested in these inflated metrics. True value? Ha, you'll find out who is swimming裸泳 in the next funding round.

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AirdropDreamBreaker

· 12-11 17:51

It's already 2024, and we're still being sold as products. LOL No, that's not right. We're actually making money off of them, right? Honestly, every time I see that investor PPT, I just want to laugh. By the way, who's not been cut as a leek? The platform is so clever, packaging us as data for fundraising.

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