> Of course that faded, to make place for Twitter and Facebook.... It's all influencers (a word my dictionary doesn't even recognize), bots, hate speech, bicker

> Of course that faded, to make place for Twitter and Facebook.... It's all influencers (a word my dictionary doesn't even recognize), bots, hate speech, bickering, identity politics, and what have you. What happened? I hadn't heard it put quite so clearly before: First, Tech Cos turned conversation into big-business by corralling everyone into their platforms, then the the second wave came and turned these "walled-gardens" into game reserves. I can't imagine how little of twitter's volume is not bots, ads, self-promotion, and trolls - paid or otherwise. Online we're already living in a dystopian future.