"Social Media" took over the job of publishing people's ideas, when the overwhelmingly majority of people couldn't create a website or blog.
It came at a cost to civility and created surveillance capitalism. Quality is meaningless compared to clicks.
Your "buying profile" across the entire internet has more value than what you want to share on one site.
Anil Dash says that the paradigm has run its course, as Google replaces factual results with a page of ads, and others are racing recklessly to be your personal chatbot.
I personally like drawing my own conclusions from facts and stories. I ask a clock to tell me the time, not to suggest ways to spend it, and spend my money.
It came at a cost to civility and created surveillance capitalism. Quality is meaningless compared to clicks.
Your "buying profile" across the entire internet has more value than what you want to share on one site.
Anil Dash says that the paradigm has run its course, as Google replaces factual results with a page of ads, and others are racing recklessly to be your personal chatbot.
I personally like drawing my own conclusions from facts and stories. I ask a clock to tell me the time, not to suggest ways to spend it, and spend my money.
What's next?
HN'ers, self included?, may have the answer.
Not a promotion, just an appreciation:
https://www.anildash.com/
https://www.eff.org/about/staff/anil-dash