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Social media companies pay users from day 1 by providing service for them. It's a mutually beneficial relationship. There's of course power imbalance, and it's
by justapassenger 5y ago
Social media companies pay users from day 1 by providing service for them. It's a mutually beneficial relationship.
There's of course power imbalance, and it's valid to talk about who gets more value of it, and how that should be balanced. But let's not pretend that users get nothing in return.
- cratermoon 5y ago> by providing service for them. It's a mutually beneficial relationship. That's what the social media companies would like everyone to believe. The reality is that the service that social media provides is eyeballs for advertisers, taking the attention of users and directing it to paid promotions. It's not clown fish and sea anemone, It's more like tongue-eating louse and snapper.