The core issue is that the Lens team is clinging to a flawed perspective lately. Specifically, the idea is th…

The core issue is that the Lens team is clinging to a flawed perspective lately. Specifically, the idea is that this is just a protocol and a chain designed not for users but for developers who want to build on it. So the focus is on selling it to devs, and the protocol itself is not responsible for users because that is supposedly the job of the client applications. The only selling point is the protocol itself, and the apps will somehow reward the users, or the users will reward themselves.\ This view is flawed for one simple reason. There are not just one but two selling points. One is the technology, the other is the user base, so us. If that were not the case, then why did we have all those discussions about LIPs back in the day? Why did you involve users in the communication? If that were not the case, then where are the major players who care only about the protocol and the chain, who see it as a product worth backing with serious money and who are building robust apps on top of it? \ We’re stuck in place because the protocol refuses to strengthen its second selling point by investing in the user base; instead, they push that responsibility away. And so the devs and big teams don't come until there’s a large and active user base to sell their product to. But there's no large and active user base without good and properly backed products. Catch-22. \ Some of the user outrage comes from the fact that you used them as a selling point indirectly by pitching with the number of profiles, posts, and paid collects, and big creators' achievements in public communication, while internally stating you have no responsibility toward them because your product is made for developers. \ Interestingly, this narrative only started to take hold after the launch of Lens Chain. Before that, with the LIPs and the communication strategies used, it was clear that the user base of the protocol was being actively leveraged in the ways I mentioned above.\ This narrative shift is bothering a part of the user base.