Dec 20, 2021·edited Dec 20, 2021Liked by laughlyn (johan eddebo)
This seems to mesh with some ideas I've had. I suspect large "social media" services like twit may be inherently unstable. I'd already noticed a lot of people dropped or largely stopped interacting with these services as the novelty wore off. I expect that to continue in general.
However, as you noted the "conversation" is typically controlled by particular interests. Over time, some portion realize this or just gets bored and leave - the space becomes even more concentrated. I think this will result in an irreversible contraction to ever-smaller echo chambers.
I also think this may even be the only possible evolution for a net of critical mass.
This seems to mesh with some ideas I've had. I suspect large "social media" services like twit may be inherently unstable. I'd already noticed a lot of people dropped or largely stopped interacting with these services as the novelty wore off. I expect that to continue in general.
However, as you noted the "conversation" is typically controlled by particular interests. Over time, some portion realize this or just gets bored and leave - the space becomes even more concentrated. I think this will result in an irreversible contraction to ever-smaller echo chambers.
I also think this may even be the only possible evolution for a net of critical mass.
I'm curious if you see similar effects?
(Edit-slightly less awful sentence structure)