The Discourse Is Broken
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The Discourse Is Broken
I came of age in the Napster days, when only fools spent money on anything digital. Early on, we decided that we’d rather pay for the internet with attention instead of money. This seemed like a good idea at the time, and at first, it was!
It was like having a big party sponsored by Mazda, and all that meant was having the Mazda logo on the Solo cu... See more
It was like having a big party sponsored by Mazda, and all that meant was having the Mazda logo on the Solo cu... See more
Adam Mastroianni • The Slop School of Internet Success and other lies about cyberspace
“In someone's response to a prompt on the social media app, Somewhere Good, they mentioned "TV is the content between the ads". I never thought of it like that before but it's true; TV scripts are traditionally written in five act structures around the commercial breaks.
It then made me think about where social media is going, particularly on Insta
... See moreSomething else happens in a world of superabundance, and an attention economy. Because you can’t find what you want, you start to dig yourself into very specific niches, and join sub-groups. Everyone atomizes into millions of groups connected by very specific interests. In more benign ways, it can be great – you find your fellow travelers, and I ca... See more