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It's interesting only for someone discovering something like sliced bread and that I can sort of guess / expect their only net experience as an adult began when

It's interesting only for someone discovering something like sliced bread and that I can sort of guess / expect their only net experience as an adult began when social media was a definite thing. I've rewritten my comment because the article itself is so scattered, and I still haven't decided if by clicks they meant a mouse clicking a like button or does click mean typing keys or merely someone opting to not click a new link where some person has written some more stuff, probably because they are already burned out for the day. However it was interesting when the author refers and reflects on another blog concerned with the death of the internet which was much more engaging even if they waffled on a bit. It posed an interesting question, albeit indirectly, what is the internet?

Waterluvian 4y ago
I think in this context, “clicks” is a bit more abstract and means “getting lots of quick attention with volumes of low-effort content.” The thesis is that the author believes that this is evolving (back?) into a model of actual deep content and community building. Hence his surprise that a pop culture hype guy like Joe Rogan’s interviews are hours long. I actually share that surprise. In the past decade I’ve seen a real evolution towards simple, fast food quality online content that’s really quick and easy to consume. I’m very hopeful he’s right and that there is a desire from these communities for longer, more meaningful content.
- anenefan 4y ago
  Thank you for the clarification, that seems to be the thrust in the article, that many people in recent years moved to short attention span type topics and comments ... I agree, even some non social media sites moved to removing any lengthy multifaceted answer or negative messages. I'm not surprised when it comes to recent long interviews with the likes of Joe Rogan (anti vaccine sentiments) - echo chambers have completely different dynamics to every day discussions in non social media areas. As for a trend towards more engaging content that's more thorough on the net, I have long suspected many people will slowly wake up that they need more, grow tired of social media's effort to sort of keep track of their life as well as yet another point of contract they can't easily ignore even if they are quite busy. I look forwards to a move back to earlier net experience I used to enjoy, when an engaging discussion and subsequent comments could be a page long without a whiner complaining or simply posting tldr.

Waterluvian 4y ago

I think in this context, “clicks” is a bit more abstract and means “getting lots of quick attention with volumes of low-effort content.” The thesis is that the author believes that this is evolving (back?) into a model of actual deep content and community building. Hence his surprise that a pop culture hype guy like Joe Rogan’s interviews are hours long. I actually share that surprise. In the past decade I’ve seen a real evolution towards simple, fast food quality online content that’s really quick and easy to consume. I’m very hopeful he’s right and that there is a desire from these communities for longer, more meaningful content.

anenefan 4y ago
Thank you for the clarification, that seems to be the thrust in the article, that many people in recent years moved to short attention span type topics and comments ... I agree, even some non social media sites moved to removing any lengthy multifaceted answer or negative messages. I'm not surprised when it comes to recent long interviews with the likes of Joe Rogan (anti vaccine sentiments) - echo chambers have completely different dynamics to every day discussions in non social media areas. As for a trend towards more engaging content that's more thorough on the net, I have long suspected many people will slowly wake up that they need more, grow tired of social media's effort to sort of keep track of their life as well as yet another point of contract they can't easily ignore even if they are quite busy. I look forwards to a move back to earlier net experience I used to enjoy, when an engaging discussion and subsequent comments could be a page long without a whiner complaining or simply posting tldr.