failings of the modern internet

Endless-scrolling doesn’t just apply to the Internet these days. We want infinite dating options, more cash, new stuff to buy. And the more we’re given, the more ravenous our appetite grows. There’s no better time to be a glutton, to engorge yourself on media, information, and pleasure.

bobbyhundreds • That's Enough.

so tired of headline names. and before i hear “but that’s what gets people to click”, i don’t care. be authentic, be passionate, if you are just doing it for clicks, then i probably don’t want to read it anyway. /rant

“10 things…” sigh.
“5 things…” enough with the lists.
“82,327 things…” ridiculous.
“x that will blow your mind…” rarely.
“tried x and it’

Tom Goodwin on LinkedIn: If all we'd ever known was ChatGPT and someone invented Google Search, it… | 63 comments

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There is no destination, only more embarkations and inceptions.

bobbyhundreds • That's Enough.

We are now in the era of the AI-born LinkedIn expert. Their mastery is dropping a story into ChatGPT and asking for a perky LinkedIn post summarizing it. (LinkedIn even has its own AI writing assistant that encourages people to “Rewrite with AI” to serve up this slop.) They snatch the thoughts and research of others, reconstitute it, and present it... See more

If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it

If you go too far off the beaten path of algorithmic consistency, you risk never being heard. You may never get enough cultural momentum to exist in any meaningful way. That is a real problem. But if you're too good at algorithmic optimization, you risk building a large audience without saying anything particularly original or important. Not to men... See more

Justin Murphy • The Imperceptible Mechanisms of Deep Community

‘Algorithmic’ has become a byword for anything that feels too slick, too reductive, or too optimized for attracting attention: a combination of high production values with little concern for fundamental content.

— Filterworld, pg. 140

[Video] Tom Goodwin on LinkedIn: I was quite shocked by this video and the extent to which algorithms are… | 255 comments

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how algorithms are floating up different perspectives for different people