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Don't sugar coat it. Call it what it really is: gentrification. 2000: creating content and fostering an online community in private was seen as super nerdy. 2
by mattgreenrocks 4y ago
Don't sugar coat it. Call it what it really is: gentrification.
2000: creating content and fostering an online community in private was seen as super nerdy.
2022: binge watching TikTok in public and grown-ass adults fighting over Internet Points is "normal."
And, yeah, the content is much worse. It's a lot of overly-socialized people taking care to say the things they should say so the great Algorithm gives them more Internet Points. And those Internet Points warp the process of creation, especially when they're tied to money.
Like the article said, it's all taken way too seriously, and there's no going back.
- alexalx666 4y agoWhat I did about it today is bookmarking some of the websites that were shared, I mean isnt it the same as in any century, now the difference is that you can have free access to good stuff
- mattgreenrocks 4y agoIncreasingly, I see the value in archiving long-form content I like, because link rot is so pervasive. Maybe time to start using pinboard again.
- magic_hamster 4y agoIs there no going back though? It doesn't take much to delete your social accounts and it seems like more and more people consider this. At some point you get tired of being a product. And when you create content, at some point you just want to do your thing instead of minmaxing the algorithm. We don't have to compromise for the huge social platforms or to make money for them.