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Agreed. The most important property of any-to-any publishing is not to (algorithmically or otherwise) turn any-to-any into some-to-many by creating celebrities
by barnabee 3y ago
Agreed.
The most important property of any-to-any publishing is not to (algorithmically or otherwise) turn any-to-any into some-to-many by creating celebrities and boosting the same content to everyone.
I think this is something TikTok (for all their issues) probably got more right than others.
There’s a lot further to go before we perfect this, but Nostr, Bluesky, et al. are doing at least something right.
- sneak 3y agoPeople prefer to receive information that other people get (ie from popular people and large outlets), so algorithmic prioritization of existing popular brands/people is literally just giving (most) readers what they want. Sites that do this will outcompete sites that do not. Decentralized systems do provide an escape hatch, however, so that's good and useful for the minority of users that seek out niches or deep cuts.
- barnabee 3y agoI don’t know if that’s true but it seems like TikTok’s success is at least partially attributable to it not being?
- downWidOutaFite 3y agoIt's not as if TikTok doesn't have influencers and hasn't created a bunch of celebrities.