I dunno, I feel the collective attention span is about 5 seconds. It doesn’t seem along ago we were all…

I dunno, I feel the collective attention span is about 5 seconds. It doesn’t seem along ago we were all pointing out that social media being free meant ‘we were the product’. Subscription-based social media wouldn’t solve all problems, but in principle it’s not a bad start. /1

Look at the ‘golden age’ of television subscription services brought to us, and how absolutely dire the remnant free-to-air offerings are, all ludicrous reality shows saturated with product placement. The shows on paid subscription services are some of the finest…/2

…television ever made, surely? Social media as free, anonymous free-for-all is trashing societies, and anything that tries to connect it back to ordinary lives, including by asking you to commit your own money to what you do, might help. I’m all for anonymity, it protects…/3

…some, as well as enabling trolls and bots. But verification needn’t be the removal of anonymity, for those who want or need it. We all sign up to things with verification without releasing those details into the public domain. Just needs management. 4/4