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Just like the ecosystem and the economy and any other system, it's all about feedback loops. Unfortunately the web today is dominated by a very sick feedback l
by eevilspock 11y ago
Just like the ecosystem and the economy and any other system, it's all about feedback loops.
Unfortunately the web today is dominated by a very sick feedback loop driven by perverse incentives. You were being paid to write garbage. You and whoever paid you profited by that. Clearly the incentives are wrong and the invisible hand of the free market is no where to be seen. Why? Because the free market works when consumers are the customers. Not when we are the product.
- bduerst 11y agoThis isn't unique to the internet. Reality TV, radio soaps, and other fluff content are all created to fill voids in the entertainment space and garner eyeballs. The difference is that the internet is almost infinitely scalable, and there is much more space to fill. Walled gardens, powerful search algorithms, aggregators, and other tools spring up to help consumers sort through the noise.