Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Now, this wasn't always *quite* so obvious. Back when Vice was falling for Facebook's ...
Now, this wasn't always *quite* so obvious. Back when Vice was falling for Facebook's "pivot to video," it wasn't *completely* obvious that the long con was to take your audience hostage and ransom them back to you. But *deliberately* organizing your business to be reliant on social media barons *today*? It's like trusting your money to Sam Bankman-Fried...in 2024.
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