Technology ConnectionsSurely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
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Ben Klopfenstein@TechConnectify I'd argue that the same desires that lead to "algorithmic complacency" as you've called it, are those that made TV feel so much different when you could just turn on the tube, switch to some station, and watch whatever was on, very little choice or effort required. There's certainly a part of me that misses that. Same with tuning into a radio station and hearing new music. There is an aspect of discovery, like browsing a thrift store and finding what you did not expect.
NikTThis, I feel, is a salient point and an often missed comparison - algorithmic content has replaced linear broadcast content, and in doing so, fractured culture + community + reduced human-to-human connection.
The 'old internet' was excellent, albeit very much a 'you get out what you put in' scenario; work and education was (and is, moreso now even) required to know which inputs would produce desirable outcomes; compare this to push-button-to-turn-on-TV/radio.
@benklop @TechConnectify There were fewer channels/stations, so shared media experiences were likely - water cooler chat is crushed by fragmented streaming services with limited likelihood of tuning into the same channels/stations as your peers.
Don't like the show, change the channel, go to the cinema/video store, pick a film, don't like an article, turn the page - this was the input required.
Now the onus falls on the end user to curate, when curation was the biggest benefit of old media.
@benklop @TechConnectify There are folks who love to curate + share, but that isn't everyone. Desiring a well-curated linear media experience is not a bad thing. But as The Internet has consumed all forms of media, they have all lost that human curation, to be replaced by cheaper scalability. And YouTube, Spotify, Netflix et al are not libraries or collections. No humanity or ownership.
I see the revival of vinyl + crate digging as a rejection of this and an embrace of the unknown - community.