the end of the legacy internet

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’

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”

― Jeff Hammerbacher

social media today doesn’t mirror public opinion, it manipulates it

we all know social media sucks, but why isn't anyone doing anything? what comes next?