Comment by snek_case
4 hours ago
Well with programming there can be a creative aspect which is more like sharing art/music online... But unfortunately that's still affected. I've been putting out what I think are pretty banger projects, with a good level of polish, but it's like nobody cares anymore. Social media is saturated.
Yes, besides AI upending everything, it's been a long slow decline with internet communities in general for over a decade now. Instead of having to look for what we think is interesting and talking to people about it, an algorithm just decides what we're going to enjoy