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This is the quintessential middle-brow dismissal. Sure, what the article is proposing is hard, platforms have to think hard about how to make it work, however
by dasil003 6y ago
This is the quintessential middle-brow dismissal. Sure, what the article is proposing is hard, platforms have to think hard about how to make it work, however I think it successfully makes the case that this would be mutually beneficial for creators and platform robustness, and lays out some potential mechanisms to move in that direction.
Your comment, by contrast, hinges on the assumption that platforms today are perfect at elevating the best content, and everything else is second-rate.
- uhoh-itsmaciek 6y agoAnd on the assumption that all content can be stack-ranked according to some universal "quality" metric.
- ipsocannibal 6y agoThe content platforms are designed to sell ads so they focus on engagement and yes they are very good at doing that. The "best" content is not usually the most engaging. The popularity of Qanon crap and commentary on Qanon crap is evidence of engagement being promoted over quality to the platform's advantage.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoQAnon is carefully and cynically designed to be engaging. It's a package of shock-value emotional hooks known to be sticky with low-information voters who slant towards moral narcissism and authoritarianism. The arts have to work harder. There are certain stock tropes and narratives musicians and movie producers can draw on, with varying degrees of deliberate awareness. But the target demographics are more varied, and some are even mutable. So it's harder to hit the bullseye with any consistency.