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I'd agree we should put this simile out of its misery, but there were internet "natives," before twitter as there were people who live in the society impacted b
by motohagiography 6y ago
I'd agree we should put this simile out of its misery, but there were internet "natives," before twitter as there were people who live in the society impacted by it. That twitter's participation in the radical monopoly of online reputation can affect the ability of a barista in a flyover state getting a job shows how people are in fact culturally displaced by the technology.
QAnon is bonkers, but as an example of a culture being displaced by a technology platform, which I argue is the unavoidable effect of the dominance of said platform, this is good example of the effect of these platforms. They aren't neutral. They're welcome to be against whatever QAnon is for, but I don't buy the story that Twitter is virtuous and worthy for doing it, and they're not the little guy or the people, they are the dominant paradigm.