5h15hAttention media platforms are built to capture and monetize your focus. The feed is optimized for engagement, not connection. Your attention is the product.
Niko from Axrisi Turazashvili"Attention Media != Social Networks" is the top post on HN right now (291 points). The argument: platforms that capture focused attention are fundamentally different from platforms that connect people socially.
This maps to AI tools perfectly. An MCP-powered agent interaction is attention media. You come with a task, use a tool, leave. It's not social.
Building social network business models on top of attention products is how you get the worst version of both.
#AttentionMedia #AI #MCP #WebMCP
This maps to AI tools perfectly. An MCP-powered agent interaction is attention media. You come with a task, use a tool, leave. It's not social.
Building social network business models on top of attention products is how you get the worst version of both.
#AttentionMedia #AI #MCP #WebMCP
Good grief, it's youIt's so dumb that we use the term #socialmedia to refer to "the place where I see what my friends and family are up to" as well as "the place I go to mindlessly scroll through algorithmically chosen media". https://susam.net/attention-media-vs-social-networks.html
Hacker NewsAttention Media ≠ Social Networks
https://susam.net/attention-media-vs-social-networks.html
#HackerNews #AttentionMedia #SocialNetworks #DigitalCulture #MediaLiteracy #OnlineInfluence