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> TikTok-style "discovery engine" model shares many of the same problems. > - Posts are even less rooted in a web of social relationship. > - The larger the
by RichardCNormos 4y ago
> TikTok-style "discovery engine" model shares many of the same problems.
> - Posts are even less rooted in a web of social relationship.
> - The larger the crowd, the louder the threshold for speech to be heard.
This is prescient. The "social media" of today is more like Napster than it is like the the early-2000s Facebook:
* People look for content that they want (political rage, softcore pornography, funny videos), with little concern for who it comes from.
* Content is exchanged between peers, but centrally indexed and mediated.
* While the network is ostensibly peer-to-peer, the content exchanged on it is filtered by the central entity according to any policy they see fit.
- AmericanChopper 4y agoYet somehow me and my group of friends all use Instagram to keep in touch in the same way we’ve done for years, and in the same way we will likely continue to do so for years longer, mostly undisturbed by the changes that come and go…
- prawn 4y agoI try to use it the same way but find the changes disturbing. More and more ads. More and more suggested content. The ratio of stuff I'm there to see versus the stuff I don't want to see isn't very good in 2022.
- AmericanChopper 4y agoMy friend group has gravitated heavily towards stories, which seem to be much less impacted by how the feed is curated.