Erik Moeller on Nostr: How we talk about platforms like Meta's & X matters. The uncritical use of the phrase ...
How we talk about platforms like Meta's & X matters.
The uncritical use of the phrase "social media" suggests a kind of inevitability; a tech tree style succession: from traditional ("legacy"!) media to "social" media.
In reality, it is a specific, contingent historical development: the creation of attention fiefdoms, in which neo-feudal rulers like Musk and Zuckerberg configure the algorithms & terms of discourse to suit their needs of the moment.
Not town squares but corporate compounds.
The uncritical use of the phrase "social media" suggests a kind of inevitability; a tech tree style succession: from traditional ("legacy"!) media to "social" media.
In reality, it is a specific, contingent historical development: the creation of attention fiefdoms, in which neo-feudal rulers like Musk and Zuckerberg configure the algorithms & terms of discourse to suit their needs of the moment.
Not town squares but corporate compounds.