Social Media’s Death Spiral

It was a time before we discovered the truth behind social media, before we realized we had willingly submitted ourselves to the world’s largest data-mining facility, before we learned of the devious deeds of the overlords who controlled it, before we discovered the mental health side downsides, the brainwashing, the fake news, the election-swaying... See more

I’d argue these platforms are in their death spiral.

Fun fact: A death spiral is a crazy phenomenon where ants get turned around and follow each other’s pheromone tracks in an endless circle until they die of exhaustion.