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seeing posts like this on reddit honestly make me embarrassed to be a part of this community. might discuss in a video, might not, but holy shit am i just tired.
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 AM
seeing posts like this on reddit honestly make me embarrassed to be a part of this community. might discuss in a video, might not, but holy shit am i just tired.
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I often see blue tick accounts on X share screenshots of my stories because sharing links throttles reach. X has turned into a place full of accounts that aggregate news without links in order to get engagement and $$$. Elon Musk encourages this all, with nonsense like “you are the media now.”
Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Musk admits X throttles links as ‘news influencers’ take over
Hard times for the humble hyperlink and those who depend on it.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I often see blue tick accounts on X share screenshots of my stories because sharing links throttles reach. X has turned into a place full of accounts that aggregate news without links in order to get engagement and $$$. Elon Musk encourages this all, with nonsense like “you are the media now.”
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Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Musk admits X throttles links as ‘news influencers’ take over
Hard times for the humble hyperlink and those who depend on it.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
