A video essay on what we give up in exchange for the convenience that social media and algorithms provide.
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Never thought I’d see an MMM article on here, but it’s definitely relevant.
That’s 18 minutes I don’t need to spend learning a minutes worth. (He starts out complaining about the lost time he’s invested…)
Fuck, I rather be inconvenience then dealing with this shit. I’ll make my own way and have with self hosting.
I have long said that convenience and security are opposite ends of the same line.
What is explicitly convenient about social media?
Once you’re signed in “everything” is there
“Everything”
yeah? Do you disagree or something
Ya, I disagree that it makes things more convenient, and I disagree it brings “everything” under one umbrella.
It makes some communication easier. That’s about how far I’m willing to go to describe its positives.
I am meaning it has “everything” the average user wants all in one place. For example on Facebook you can see news, talk with friends, share any media, play games, join communties for a wide variety of hobbies. Its also designed to keep you on site. This makes it a 1 stop shop for people. We can look at all the big platforms and see that they have a wide variety of content to keep the user entertained and methods to make them not want to go anywhere else.
I dont think its good, like the title of the post I think the convenience of everything being in a single site/app is a trap.
And I guess what I’m saying is it’s not a trap, it’s explicitly not even convenience. Yes, it’s full of dopamine producing trinkets that make you want to stay on the site, but don’t mistake it for convenience. Convenience is the wrong word.
