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Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media (open.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Quexotic@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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This article from 2022 does a very good job of capturing the social media landscape and the condition of political discourse right now. It highlights one thing that I've been hearing a lot and agree with, the cruelty is the point.

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[–] doleo@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Seriously, thanks so much for posting that. Every now and again it's reassuring to hear someone put into words exactly what I fail to articulate. And so well articulated, too.

The fact that this was written before the enshittening of reddit really adds weight to the arguments within. I sigh and chef-kiss at the same time, if you can visualise that.