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> What went wrong? For a large amount of users, nothing went wrong. > The same seems to apply to Twitter. Everyday, normal people, seem to be spending their l
by kodablah 8y ago
> What went wrong?
For a large amount of users, nothing went wrong.
> The same seems to apply to Twitter. Everyday, normal people, seem to be spending their lives raging at each other.
"seem"... one wonders whether the picture painters and squeakiest wheels have changed our perception of everyday normal people instead of those people actually changing. A perusing of the anti-big-web-tech headlines...um...I mean op-eds every week reveals clear direction/intent. Not to say these companies are infallible, but it sure becomes harder for people to recognize the difference between real, inflicted harm and perceived harm.
- beaconstudios 8y agoI think this is the more accurate reflection. The loudest rabble-rousers on either side are the only ones you hear because everyone else is just getting on with their normal lives. As it so happens, it's profitable to rabble-rouse if you're in the business of selling clicks, so media increasingly functions only to enrage and divide instead of to inform. Obviously this isn't true for all media but it's becoming more prevalent in our common discourse.