As much as I agree I think you also have to consider that things change, and what once was something that only nerds and weirdos used now it's the mainstream wa

As much as I agree I think you also have to consider that things change, and what once was something that only nerds and weirdos used now it's the mainstream way of consuming information. Which means that something that for you as the 99% tail is not good anymore doesn't matter for my mom that doesn't even know what you're talking about as the web being different before. It's the digital version of the old "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded". That being said I believe a major part of the problem is the asymmetry between consumption and creation of content. If creating content was somehow harder you would find way less auto generated attention grabbing websites.