more, on the era of social media (~)
I've been spending a lot more time off of the main social media sites, and it's really been helpful.
I've been thinking a lot about this observation as I rethink how I interact online (full thread: https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/984606232408461313):
more, on the era of social media (~)
Building on kind of the longish thread from a few days ago: larger social media sites, in the absence of scalable moderation practices, have created an ecosystem in which filters stabilize on the loudest and most persistent voices in the room. Which is why "clickbait populism" and associated tribes thrive over on birdsite, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, etc etc etc.
Better moderation, and moderation of smaller federated instances, solves much of this problem.
more, on the era of social media (~)
I guess I have longer thoughts on this that I need to spend more time studying, and I need step away to do something unexpectedly, so I'll leave it there for now.
But I suspect there are lessons to learn here from earlier social diasporas and migrations of people, in how this cycle to and from larger platforms will play out, and what it means for trying to establish a home and presence online.