Social media timeline feed:
- Someone you follow and are interested in
- Someone you follow and are interested in
- Someone you follow and are interested in
Social media algorithmic feed:
- Celebrity post from someone you've never even heard of and don't care about
- BRAND POST
- Post from random idiot you've never even heard of
- BRAND POST
- Post from celebrity you despise
- BRAND POST
I find it curious that many social media platforms are not permitting users to block such accounts anymore. In many cases, the feature to report them to moderators or file complaints is gone.
Captive consumers.
Plutocrats adore creating captive consumers. They work hard to force you to watch the content they monetize and are funded to force you to watch.
Remember way back when cable companies blocked TIVO because it had the ability to fast forward past advertisements?
There's likely a smart coder out there duplicating TIIVO's fast forward feature for streaming services too. Bless 'em.
People tire of incessant monetization.
Lauren Weinstein
Nicole Parsons