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The terminology explains what happened. The Zuckerberg movie was called The Social Network. At the time we saw the likes of Facebook as networks intended to bu
by adjejmxbdjdn 3mo ago
The terminology explains what happened.
The Zuckerberg movie was called The Social Network. At the time we saw the likes of Facebook as networks intended to build 1-1 communications.
Since then, it’s become social Media. It’s now about centralized structures broadcasting messages to subscribers and followers. The only difference from the past is who the broadcasters can be, but it’s no longer about building networks between people.
- codedokode 3mo ago[flagged]
- asdff 3mo agoMore so that they are more prolific.
- FireBeyond 3mo agoAnd they often don't mind ads attached to their every post. Especially if they earn a little bit from each.
- adjejmxbdjdn 3mo agoYeah, that’s absolutely true. And thats exactly my point. Social media is about “generating content”. Social networks were about connecting with people, not about consuming the content they generated. Heck, the original version of Facebook didn’t even have content. The only interaction you could have with someone else was giving them a “poke”.
- marssaxman 3mo agoThe blogosphere was all about random people writing whatever they felt like: blogging died after the professionals took over and tried to make money at it.
- watwut 3mo agoIt died when google made it impossible to find those blogs. At some point, it stopped returning blogs that did not SEO hard and normal writing people just were not doing SEO.
- bratbag 3mo agoI would say they create more addictive content than people with lives away from social media. But that doesnt help with building 1:1 connections.