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It's always funny (and a bit sad) how media people don't grasp that people don't use social media the same way they do, and there is value outside their expecta
by detaro 1y ago
It's always funny (and a bit sad) how media people don't grasp that people don't use social media the same way they do, and there is value outside their expectations. I'm not on social media to provide "engagement" to media companies or journalists, nor am I for general politics.
While there is some utility to platforms where "everyone" is, that a) never was actually true of any of them, as much as journalists loved to pretend Twitter reflected "everyone" and b) just not what most people need.
- spacemadness 1y agoIt seems like if the masses aren’t swarming to it, it’s dead. I don’t think a massive audience ever equated to better conversations and content. Especially in our engagement economy. It seems to just dumb everything down and restarts Eternal September. I think Mastodon is on the right track. It feels closer to the early web to me and I think part of that is the fact out isn’t an everyday term like Twitter but it’s also how it’s architected. Albeit it is still short form content so had all of the problems that come with it.
- hyperman1 1y agoI've seen it described as: Marketing has no middle gear. Everything is either the best thing ever or dead. Trucking along nicely does not exist in that world.
- jasonm23 1y agoIt's more that media searches for an ending, endlessly. But cannot accept it's own. Bluesky and Mastadon supply a place, separate from the toxicity of "attempted narrative control" Labeling Bluesky as toxic, is an irony beyond the pale, but... it'll float with that ecosystem, where everything is transactional and a "better crafted lie" is the endless goal.