Founders Step Back for Scale

As social projects grow into mainstream platforms, technical founders are increasingly moving into R&D roles while experienced operators are installed to run day‑to‑day scaling, monetization, and governance. That shift often precedes commercialization, stricter content moderation regimes, and tighter operational centralization. — This pattern matters because it determines whether 'decentralized' or experimental networks remain community‑led or become centralized platforms with new gatekeepers affecting public conversation.