@polotek I often find myself going back and forth between two models of how this will play out. (a) Sure. This is the start of something new. We’ll figure out better ways to communicate, thus transforming the collective experience over time. (b) lol. It’s new people coming and going every day, each having to learn the lesson anew. Look around. This is the eternal now. Nothing will change ever. Just like in all the other places.

@polotek of course the truth is somewhere in the middle, mostly driven by a bit of structural factors, incentives, and demographic changes in the user base. It’s also weird how this feels quite conservative. “People don’t change. Find a way to make the world work as is.” - not true about individuals, but maybe about how the group of users of social media is structured? There’ll always be x% gullible, y% bad people, z% well-meaning and willing to learn.