I think the obsession with investors has a broader toxic effect on the community, because first and foremost, it tells those who are involved, who are actually doing things, that they are less important than people who haven't done things or people who have done one thing (bring money) – and that affects everyone negatively.

Investors want a real thing to invest in, for the most part. They want a profit, reasonably enough. They want to get on board with something that's going to grow and provide them money later. If you focus on just trying to lure investors with hooks until they bite instead of building something, a technology, a community, something that sustains itself on content, what you end up with is a lot of really stupid investors who may have brought a lot of money but they've paid for nothing.

Nobody walks away from that relationship happy.