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The internet has 100% made the world less fun. More accessible, sure, but way less fun now that it's mostly corporate (or at least seems that way). The world,
by dfxm12 5y ago
The internet has 100% made the world less fun. More accessible, sure, but way less fun now that it's mostly corporate (or at least seems that way).
The world, especially the media world, was always "mostly corporate", from the big 3 TV networks, big 4 record labels, big 5 movie studios, etc. The Internet brings independent media to you in a way that was never possible in the past. The record store still exists, and is experiencing a boom compared to aughts. Now, in addition to the guy there, you can get additional opinions/recommendations from across the world on message boards, twitter, blogs, wherever, too. Today, you can stream video content that no TV station would show, buy albums no label would press, etc.
- Loughla 5y ago>Now, in addition to the guy there, you can get additional opinions/recommendations from across the world on message boards, twitter, blogs, wherever, too. I 100% agree with your first statements - the access is way better now than it was. But this sentence is where I absolutely see the problem. Again, I could trust that guy to recommend music because he liked the music. Now, every blog, every tweet, every recommendation just feels gamed. It seems to me that astroturfing is just everywhere. It's impossible to escape, and it ruins the experience of finding new music. Everything is for sale and it feels awful.
- dfxm12 5y agoEverything is for sale... including the records the guy at the record store likes. To claim everything else is gamed/astroturfing because of your feeling is pretty disingenuous.
- fxtentacle 5y agoExcept that 10 years ago, the guy at the record store was an unaffected college student and he wouldn't give a rats ass about whether his recommendation would increase or decrease sales. In my opinion, the rise of paid bloggers was what ruined the internet for honest people everywhere.
- dfxm12 5y agoOr he was the owner of the store trying to make a sale, or he was friends with the musicians and trying to make a sale. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Paid bloggers sounds awfully similar to the old payola scheme. It's really nothing new in the music industry...
- wyre 5y agoA music blog with affiliate links and ads and SEO is very very different than a conversation with the guy at my local record store. To think they are more similar than different is preposterous.
- dfxm12 5y agoI didn't say they were the same. Just because a blog as ads or affiliate links, that doesn't mean it's astroturfing or gamed. Of course, the ad filled blogs probably got their cue from mags like NME, Rolling Stone, etc.