2 August

Cory Doctorow predicted social media platforms would collapse under the process of what he calls enshittification, which I’ve posted about before. Where the platforms capture first users, then businesses, and screw both of them for revenue. Meaning your feed is now mostly a stream of non-stop targeted ads. It seems people are fed up with this and are beginning to switch off, particularly the young. I think that’s a fantastic development, if true. My one difference with this interview is that I don’t think people should be more social in the first place. Being social is the greatest source of anger, violence and psychological damage to people. Most of it is status-seeking fights, even when dressed up as ‘having a fun time’. It’s posturing, often people aren’t even aware that’s what they’re doing.