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Also correlates with the rise in people believing that brand -building is just as important as actual skills. As in, the only way to stand out is to be Someone.
by mattgreenrocks 2y ago
Also correlates with the rise in people believing that brand -building is just as important as actual skills. As in, the only way to stand out is to be Someone.
It’s ultimately a pick me scenario, and still fundamentally submissive.
- namaria 2y ago> It’s ultimately a pick me scenario, and still fundamentally submissive. To add to that, it's very easy for platforms to game the system by actually picking winners and then having tonnes of wannabes trying to 'make it'. It's cruel really.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoAlmost all of the new media jobs are like this. You have a small chance to make it really big or work 3x as hard to barely make a living wage versus a boring office job.
- namaria 2y agoWinner takes all dynamics is nothing new, what is new is that a platform owned and operated by a single company can choose winners and replicate this process at will. It can even conceivably manufacture societal trends. This is in my opinion at least worrisome.