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I came of age in the Napster days, when only fools spent money on anything digital. Early on, we decided that we’d rather pay for the internet with attention instead of money. This seemed like a good idea at the time, and at first, it was!
It was like having a big party sponsored by Mazda, and all that meant was having the Mazda logo on the Solo... See more
It was like having a big party sponsored by Mazda, and all that meant was having the Mazda logo on the Solo... See more
Adam Mastroianni • The Slop School of Internet Success and other lies about cyberspace
The tycoons of social media have to stop pretending that they’re friendly nerd gods building a better world and admit they’re just tobacco farmers in T-shirts selling an addictive product to children.5 Because, let’s face it, checking your “likes” is the new smoking.
Cal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
My good buddy Jay Seiden from Cushman & Wakefield just released his always very popular SF office market report.
Since he is not on X, I post it for him (last time he got mad I called him a boomer-he is not that old-just acts like he's 80 :)
Report below. His words not mine
Zach Coeliusx.com“I see creators get frustrated with the algorithm; they’re assuming something’s wrong,” he said. “It’s a lot easier to blame the algorithm than to try to say, ‘My content isn’t that good.’ ”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Evan
Evan
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Liked by Ben Krauss
In a world where all political media panders to its audience, only one man was willing to stand up and tell his that they are old and uncool.
Evan
11h
Liked by Ben Krauss
In a world where all political media panders to its audience, only one man was willing to stand up and tell his that they are old and uncool.
Progressive millennials are old now
On a recent Saturday, a group of about 100 people in conical gnome hats gathered in Manhattan for the second annual “Scathing Hatred of Information Technology and the Passionate Hemorrhaging of Our Neo-liberal Experience” conference. The unorthodox gathering was organized by the Lamp Club, a group for people with Luddite tendencies — or at least... See more
nytimesinstagram.comSubstack has built a fantastic platform for independent writers to not only reach their audiences directly, but to support themselves financially while doing so without having to depend on increasingly stultifying media institutions.
Jerry Brito • Disintermediating the media with… Substack?
“Twitter makes money from your attention, so they need to compel your attention. Sometimes that leads to good things, like connecting you to people and ideas that matter. But it also means that the addiction, abuse, and outrage that thrive on Twitter and other social platforms may be impossible to eradicate. So what’s left to do? You can change the... See more