Comment by pipeline_peak

Let’s not forgot the emerging deity-esque “content creator” and “influencer”. A far stretch from the humble “vlogger” or “YouTuber”. The latter two sound like a jolly guy with a camcorder and a backpack.

I remember when social networks were at the very least portrayed in the interest of “connecting people from around the world”.

I’ll often hear something along the lines of these services being engineered to pin us all against each other. Jaron Lanier’s “ Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now” likes to claim this, but I never see any actual evidence.

Either way, when I visit social media site these days, people are definitely nastier. There’s more snark, a need to ridicule others for not knowing niche little factoids. “You still use tea bags?” something something cast iron pans and dish soap.

There’s a lot more capitalizing through hoarding trivial information. They know something you don’t, and they love it.

It’s like joining an MMORPG and realizing you have to put more time in to reach the same level as everyone else.