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I think the broader theme that these outrage bait posts miss is that the web itself is rotting / deteriorating. Most interesting content isn't on the web anymor
by umeshunni 5y ago
I think the broader theme that these outrage bait posts miss is that the web itself is rotting / deteriorating. Most interesting content isn't on the web anymore and is definitely not in text.
Content that would be have been on an open web forum 10 years ago, are now hidden behind various data silos/walled gardens - whether it's Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter or Discord. Each of these walled gardens have different levels of tolerance for the open web, from using it as an SEO channel (e.g. Reddit) to completely opaque to it (e.g Discord).
Some car and photography forums I was on ~10 years ago are all barren now as the old users have moved on and new users prefer to communicate in a Facebook group or something like that.
Interesting self-published blogs and recipes aren't on the web anymore, they're on YouTube channels or on someone's Instagram channel (or whatever its called).
- pseudalopex 5y agoYou're right walled gardens and video make search harder than it used to be. That doesn't make discussing the problem outrage bait.
- philistine 5y agoConsidering Google basically owns online video, they should be ashamed they haven't been able to give incredible Google Search results inside videos.
- mdoms 5y agoThere's no less interesting information on the internet than there was a few years ago - to the contrary there's much more. I agree that the ratio of good to trash content has plummeted but it's the job of Google and its competitors to find the good stuff. If they're failing at their core competency then it's worth discussing.