Spoonfuls of tech-boosted, high-octane, addictive, vindictive, rage-based, belonging, tribalism, dignity being injected into the veins of followers by the entertaining carnival… helps the ‘medicine’ go down. Folks seem hooked enough to take homelessness before rehab.

Chris Arnade speaks much on these points. You were college bound or, if not, preparing to think the college folk / perceived elites were always looking down on you… even if they weren’t. …so ripe for some radio / 24hr news entertainment / podcasts to trade your attention for some vibes of dignity.

Sad Al Franken was rejected …similar is needed …gotta be able to dance around the ring …stick & move …somewhere between WWE kayfabe & MMA theatre or you’re ‘just a buncha nerds’

👍 need machismo / slightly mean-girl zingers - today’s ADHD market feeds on WWE style theatre …new twist would be to avoid taking things out of context & looking silly …somehow can’t be looking like smug elitist educated types ….gotta be the legit correct yet entertaining bs’r at the local rural pub

💪 need to lean into some kinda THEATRE, with SNL-ish factual twists …we the ADHD people do need our addictions satisfied

Some entity needs to roll out FB / TT replacements, with info / algorithms controlled by team of not-for-profit grownups.
…somehow needs to avoid takeover / shutdowns by the profit / influence mafia.
Maybe Canada based, eh?

Wonder if this cat, w/near 2M Insta followers, has made a funny on this point yet… e.g., pretend WWE is real, be a man

Can see in that clip somewhat successful channeling of Johnny Carson’s style, albeit w/the attractive-to-many twist of demeaning others.
‘though you folks wouldn’t be allowed in to our OWB club, I snuck you in & we’ll pretend for a minute that we’re friends’

🤔 So lesson learned = Sway the masses via attention grabbing entertainment w/vibes of revenge, outrage, porn & somebody getting punched.

…brainy dialogue about facts & truth & stuff is a turn off.
🎶 Macho macho man 🎶
7 degrees of Village People

NEVER would’ve been one to pay a subscription fee for a social media app… 🤔
Until taking in how rare it will be to keep a global town square simple, not controlled by one person/entity, not controlling what we see to maximize profits or agendas.
Fair winds
Following seas
Blue Skies

Needed more Edward Bernays branding input eh. If only Bernie’s team would’ve packaged the message w/ WWE & hired blonde vibes 🤔