AnilI am trying to talk less about social media drama on here, but I will say it is sort of my personal hell to have spent roughly two decades thinking deeply about decentralized social media, content moderation policy, managing bad-faith actors, systematic online abuse, and the role of journalists in the architecture of generative online platforms, and see a broad public discussion going on where the loudest voices are all approaching this with “I don’t know much, but here’s my first thought!”
Dan Lyke@anildash the public sphere has a long tradition of elevating ignorance and ignoring experience and expertise.
Just as the ability to make money with a craft is largely decoupled from the ability to do that craft (which is often just hired help), so is the ability to attract readers decoupled from the expertise that might inform the opinions expressed in that pursuit.