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All about social networks
Great article by Ed Zitron, on the sad state of the web in recent years and its accelerating enshittification ‘thanks’ to “Degenerative AI.” He starts with the Reddit coming IPO and lays down the case for the increasing corruption of content, search results, and eventually LLMs themselves. “Generative artificial intelligence is poison for an internet dependent on algorithms”
The past generation of social apps won the market through a playbook:
- building big networks with feeds for discovery
- creating a followers/status competition for engagement
- bringing together creators and audiences
- monetizing with ads
- supporting photo,... See more
descriptiontwitter.comPluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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If we get big enough, there’s a real consideration on how we train the algorithm and what objective function we get or give it, and what content gets produced for it. We need to be very mindful of that because what I’d rather have is a world where we have more original content, more interesting content, and less of this gaming-the-algorithm content
... See moreBen Thompson • An Interview with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger About Artifact
Despite having more opportunities than ever to connect with strangers, and much to gain from doing so, people often refrain from talking with, and listening to, strangers. We propose a framework that classifies obstacles to connecting with strangers into three categories concerning intention (under-estimating the benefits of conversations),... See more
Stav Atir • Talking to strangers: Intention, competence, and opportunity
Stav Atir, Xuan Zhao, et al.