added by sari and · updated 1y ago
The Bitter End of "Content"
- The marketplace of attention was supposed to solve this problem; we were told that the good channels would be elevated by the platforms and that people would stop watching the bad channels. But the marketplace of attention cares only about attention
from The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
Molly Snowden added 2mo ago
. Years ago, the idea that online life would be dominantly funded by advertising coalesced into conventional wisdom, and we’ve been living with the consequences ever since. The utopian assumption that views and clicks would accrue to the highest-quality content failed to understand a basic lurking reality - that the monetization of attention leads
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sari added 2y ago
- Billions use it, including me, but it feels like the dying Rust Belt city of the internet
from The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
Molly Snowden added 2mo ago
Unfortunately, advertising has been ingrained into the internet as the basic model for so long and to such an extent that it’s hard to envision online life without the systematic manipulation of attention and all its evils. So we’re bound to wind up here, at the bitter end of “content.” Which is a good excuse to withdraw deeper into books, movies,
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sari added 2y ago
Unfortunately, advertising has been ingrained into the internet as the basic model for so long and to such an extent that it’s hard to envision online life without the systematic manipulation of attention and all its evils. So we’re bound to wind up here, at the bitter end of “content.” Which is a good excuse to withdraw deeper into books, movies,
... See morefrom The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
sari added 2y ago
The marketplace of attention was supposed to solve this problem; we were told that the good channels would be elevated by the platforms and that people would stop watching the bad channels. But the marketplace of attention cares only about attention. The assumption that low-quality or dishonest or dangerous content wouldn’t get clicked
... See morefrom The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
sari added 2y ago
- Unfortunately, advertising has been ingrained into the internet as the basic model for so long and to such an extent that it’s hard to envision online life without the systematic manipulation of attention and all its evils. So we’re bound to wind up here, at the bitter end of “content.” Which is a good excuse to withdraw deeper into books, movies, ... See more
from The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
Severin Matusek added 9mo ago
- To return to a theme around here - these videos are the product of incentives, and though they’re extreme manifestations of those incentives, they’re hardly unique in being shaped by them. One commonplace that’s found among Reels that have some purpose and some plausible entertainment value is the “wait for it” thing, artificially delaying the arri... See more
from The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
sari added 1y ago
- Facebook makes me feel the way I feel when I’m in a hospital.
from The Bitter End of "Content" by Freddie deBoer
Leo Nasskau added 1y ago