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> the stagnation in some measure spells its doom I'm not sure where you learned about "Eternal September", but it's the exact opposite of what you're describin
by erichocean 4y ago
> the stagnation in some measure spells its doom
I'm not sure where you learned about "Eternal September", but it's the exact opposite of what you're describing: not stagnation of culture, but degradation to a pre-existing, high-quality culture due to the rapid influx of new individuals who don't give a shit about maintaining it.
Amazon is going down with Americans precisely because the (predominantly) Chinese sellers on there now couldn't care less about the "nice online garden" Americans created and are instead using up the pre-existing cultural capital Americans had built up for their own selfish advancement—destroying the garden in the process.
But yeah, sure, maybe after the garden has been burned to the ground, something new will replace it. Sounds great.
- pessimizer 4y agoAmazon isn't failing on customer experience because of the Chinese. The Chinese didn't make Amazon lower their standards so far that it became profitable for Chinese factories to operate on Amazon the way they do. Chinese factories would also make money on a non-shitty Amazon.
- comte7092 4y agoWhy make this into a weird nationalism issue when Amazon is the one that is responsible for what’s on their platform? Apple is a similarly massive company that prioritizes curation on their marketplace. Whatever you may feel about App Store policies, Apple has managed the reputation of their online store much better than Amazon (though I will grant that there is somewhat of a difference between physical and digital products).