failings of the modern internet
Since platforms reward those whose content gets saved, creators forgo shame, regularly rounding off content with a “Save this for later!”. But what do we get in return? A digital junk drawer that can weigh us down in the same capacity as physical clutter. There are other architectural features of the digital experience that contribute to this, such... See more
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Escape: the perks of being unavailable
this is what we need when the Internet has forced us to become 24/7 accessible
... See more"Corrupt personalization is the process by which your attention is drawn to interests that are not your own," Sandvig wrote. The recommendation system "serves a commercial interest that is often at odds with our interests." In the case of Netflix, the misleading images and the omnipresent Fast & Furious suggestions may serve to increase user
most social networks suffer from the weight of objectives
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress
we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
Maxim Leyzerovichx.comWhen we forget our ability to choose, we learn to be helpless. Drip by drip, we allow our power to be taken away until we end up becoming a function of other people's choices — or even a function of our own past choices. In turn, we surrender our power to choose.
it’s the ‘everything’ culture that the Internet has embedded that places us in a sea of content and drowns us with ‘choices’ which we don’t end up making
There is no destination, only more embarkations and inceptions.
bobbyhundreds • That's Enough.
Algorithms anticipate what we want before we even know we want it. ALGORITHMS anticipate. We don’t
We used to look forward to things
What they thought was a priority and what I thought was a priority diverged.