I guess by ineffective he meant for the "greater good".
This raises a new question. It seems like it has been established by Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc that :
Maximizing shareholder value => maximizing time spent on the app => maximizing engagement => maximizing "sensational" and trash content
So do you believe that these implications will hold forever ? Now that this seems like the status quo, is there a chance for a new social media to exist where the first premise doesn't imply the others ?
My hope is that enshittification will do its job, and burns social media as it exists to the ground.
And that seems likely. The only way to keep revenue going up is to degrade the platforms a little more.
Its seems that "private" chatrooms like Telegram, Discord and such are poised to replace it, and new social media will truly become siloed, and that some platforms (like iOS) will fight the relentless notification attention seeking from these apps a little. I'm not sure that this is any better... But it sure would be different.
This raises a new question. It seems like it has been established by Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc that :
Maximizing shareholder value => maximizing time spent on the app => maximizing engagement => maximizing "sensational" and trash content
So do you believe that these implications will hold forever ? Now that this seems like the status quo, is there a chance for a new social media to exist where the first premise doesn't imply the others ?