@mapache diligently resharing a classic piece on this, by @timbray from 20+ years ago.

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace

#sharecropping

The Web’s the Place

ongoing by Tim Bray

...yall seriously gonna tell me ya cant see that a system so cruel as to require all to come ONLY to them to get what they need to barely be alive...EVEN WHEN THEY TRY TO INDEPENDENTLY SUSTAIN!!!....and still make them beg in starvation if not compliant enough.....IS CALLED SLAVERY!!! #narcissist

...all these other cutesy nicknames are the cracks in the mirror to confuse the truth...

#capitalismIZSLAVERY #democracyIZSLAVERY
#meritocracyIZSLAVERY

.....#sharecropping is a tool of? #SLAVERY!!!

@daringfireball

If you want an analogy you may want to explore, I would suggest also #Sharecropping by @timbray https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace (and plenty of follow-up posts from the same).

The Web’s the Place

ongoing by Tim Bray

The Internet makes everything new again. This motherfucker just "discovered" sharecropping,

https://qz.com/farmland-lp-organic-farming-investment-1851095760

#Sharecropping has a long and checkered history in the US. It was used as a form of indentured servitude for black farmers after emancipation (white farmers as well, basically as a way to take advantage of poor people.)

This is fine and I hope it works out, but it's not the same as the farmers themselves owning the land.

#organics #organicfarming #finance #commercialrealestate

Why the future of farming is taking lessons from commercial real estate

Demand for organic food is growing exponentially in North America—and Farmland LP's Craig Wichner is meeting it with an investment fund for farmers

Quartz

Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts

With Google’s generally poor search results nowadays, appending “reddit” has long been the default way I search for almost anything (and no, I’m not ready to get my info from an AI chatbot, either). But given the sheer volume of subreddits that are currently unavailable — including some of the most-subscribed subreddits — clicking through many Reddit links in search results takes me to a message saying the subreddit is private. ...

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759942/google-reddit-subreddit-blackout-protests

Seems Google (and Bing ... by extension DDG) might want to consider whether they want to be working on Maggie's farm no more.

#Reddit #RedditStrike #Google #WebSearch #InternetOfShit #KillingTheGooseThatLaysGoldenEggs #GoldenGoose #UnintendedConsequences #Sharecropping #Sharecroppers #Dylan

Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts

Over 8,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit’s upcoming API changes, and it’s shown me just how much I rely on Reddit to find useful, human-sounding information in my Google search results. Appending “reddit” to a query just isn’t as useful right now.

The Verge
#Reddit app #developers, moderators, and users are learning that #sharecropping is just plantation work with extra steps https://apple.news/As_YbSQ_-RHaZsaqpf1K03A
Reddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffs — Ars Technica

Reddit, accused of trying to kill third-party apps, is cutting 5% of workforce.

You (probably) don’t need ReCAPTCHA | NearCyan

NearCyan

@mako Broken link? Cory's blog doesn't seem to link to your keynote (at least, in my browser). Would you supply one please?

"Companies' perfection of digital sharecropping means that when they contribute to "free" projects, all the freedom will go to them, not the public." Too right!

#sharecropping . . bots/#analytics algorithms as inhuman extractive (slave?) labourers . . surplus-value production from boundless masses of 'natural' or wild or 'waste' data . . in privately owned estates. Hmmnn

Youtubers with millions of followers are dropping out, citing stress and burnout from algorithm kremlinology

Youtubers with millions of followers are dropping out, citing stress and burnout from algorithm kremlinology

Boing Boing