"Great Minds Discuss Ideas. Average Minds Discuss Events. Small Minds Discuss People." Not to accuse anybody here of being small minded, but I think the point

"Great Minds Discuss Ideas. Average Minds Discuss Events. Small Minds Discuss People." Not to accuse anybody here of being small minded, but I think the point is relevant. Instagram transitioning from a photo sharing social network to a marketing catalog pretending to be organic content is an event, but it's only a single social network. The larger trend of the internet transitioning from individual home pages to walled garden social networks that then push hidden marketing over actual substance is a much larger concern that is going on, and the posters point about the irony of using Medium to complain about the issue is spot on and I'd argue relevant to the real conversation, which is how interesting, quality, quirky self-published content of the internet has been replaced by walled gardens showing you want their algorithm wants you to see.