@pluralistic I do believe people underestimate their individual power in these dynamics though. For one, there is no way to solve a collective action problem if no one even knows theres an action to be taken. Boycotts are the only honest way to raise awareness of the argument for boycotting XD. Second, our decisions influence other’s decisions. My refusal to use instagram reduces the marginal value of the silo to everyone who would want to communicate with me.

@pluralistic I do think raising the power of rss would have good results but I’ve tried spreading the word of rss and it doesn’t go well. Everyone just says they don’t read blogs or news or webcomics and they are fine with their youtube subscription feed. Explaining that the reason they don’t read blogs or news or webcomics is because they lack rss which is the distribution to make that consumption possible never works. I just seem like a nerd tryng to change their habits for no reason.

@tubbdoose They can get Youtube updates via RSS, too.

@pluralistic I moved my youtube subscriptions to my rss reader a few years ago and its been a great lifestyle improvement. But its really hard for me to sell it to other people. They don’t seem to have problems with youtube like I do so it is not at all easy to convince them of the benefits of an rss reader. That doesn’t mean its not worth trying but it is a lot more difficult than I feel it should be.