a critical post about cohost's problems | basement blog
I know there's a big "well if you could do it better, why don't you just do it then???"-type defense towards people who criticize Cohost, as if they're trying to critique the work of a football player or an artist. But I don't think those are fair comparisons because many, many white-collar, nine-to-five workers have to navigate the same issues the Cohost staff did, which validates some of these arguments (not all, I'll admit).
This isn't a blog post about Cohost paying themselves salaries, but more about the actual work prioritization and team management skills. I'm not really interested in talking about their salaries because I understand they have to eat obviously, and if they weren't willing to work on Cohost as a side-project while having full-time jobs, then there was really no option left but to pay themselves with investor money.
My biggest gripe about Cohost is that despite the fact they knew social media sites were historically not profitable, and they were working with limited cash income, they continued to ignore or pause money-making features again and again.
