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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
phillip@social.lol ("Phillip :usa_distress:") wrote:

@fromjason Love this essay! It lends itself as an entry point to framing social media companies in the same lens as other “disruptive” tech startups like Uber and Lyft:

- Pick an existing “resource” or industry
- Sell at a loss to kill competition
- Enshittify to make line go up
- Hope and pray that people don’t wake up to their power

In this case, the “resource” is human connection and creativity, but with the gamified flair from casinos.

I didn’t know about that example with Vine, though of course the article is from Taylor Lorenz :D