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I've watched many major social media sites come & go. Most go because the signal-to-noise ratio drops to unacceptable, overrun with people whom people didn't co
by ctdonath 9y ago
I've watched many major social media sites come & go. Most go because the signal-to-noise ratio drops to unacceptable, overrun with people whom people didn't come to hear from. Increase of "censorship" also drives people away, as ham-fisted or biased means of reducing noise frustrate good users.
- jandrese 9y agoIn other words: Spam ruins everything. Perhaps more generally: money ruins everything. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/transaction https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/transaction
- russh 9y agoMoney does not ruin everything. The pursuit of money above all else ruins everything.
- cyberpunk0 9y agoTake a look at the good money does vs the negatives it brings about the world. Even if it does some good things, the negative consequences are orders of magnitudes larger. you wouldn't keep a poisonous house plant that gives you cancer just because it also provided you with menial amounts of oxygen or a pet that viciously attacks you constantly anytime you come home because sometimes its cute to look at from outside the safety of your window
- jandrese 9y agoThat's way overboard. My original post was being somewhat facetious. I am in no way suggesting that a return to a barter based economy will make people happier.
- cyberpunk0 9y agoOverboard but true.