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But where did those people go away to? My memory is that we moved from web rings and blog rolls to social media sites which increasingly made certain that you’d
by acdha 3y ago
But where did those people go away to? My memory is that we moved from web rings and blog rolls to social media sites which increasingly made certain that you’d never lack for new content. Even if you’re not doomscrolling, this feels like humanity’s equivalent to moths chasing the brightest light around.
- _heimdall 3y agoThat's my recollection as well, and I take the same lesson from it with regards to human nature. There is still a comparatively small bit active community of webrings, blog rolls, etc today. What I'm less certain of is whether the driver really consumers chasing the brightest light or platforms taking advantage of basic psych tricks to drive addictive behavior (or both).
- acdha 3y agoI’d definitely say both. The social networks combined easier / more polished experiences to get a lot of people over but then they really ramped up the social tricks to get people to stay longer and look at more ads.