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It’s only on platforms where controversy and drama are prioritized for driving engagement where we’re rewarded for despising each other.
Vox • Every "chronically online" conversation is the same
Part of the reason social media has felt even more “flattening” to one’s identity
Is because social media has shown its benefit towards economic mobility
You can’t sell 50 things. You gotta sell 1, really well. And when that “widget” is the self -> you gotta package it neatly
Reggie Jamestwitter.comgood taste and curation are even more important in a world where artificial intelligence and technology lower the barrier of entry for the creative arts.
Atri🌿twitter.comwhy curation... and
Researchers have found instead that the distribution of attention remains highly unequal across a wide range of digital contexts, ensuring the hypervisibility of a few and the invisibility or near-invisibility of the great majority. The winner-take-all (or winner-take-most) logic, sustained in part by algorithms that ratify and reinforce what is
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Music NFTs and
music streaming and
Vigorously participatory curatorial subcultures certainly exist, but in practice, they require too much time and energy to have a broad appeal. People enjoy sharing their discoveries with friends, and they may at least occasionally rate and review items. But most people, most of the time, leave the hard work of curation to others — or to
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