What we’re seeing play out in the social platforms of old is literally what was cried wolf about in the inception of the crypto movement, that the institutions will fail as they always do, and they will leave us holding the bag in the end as they were all man-in-the-middle attacks from the start. Extractive exploits.

The midwits absolutely refuse to learn the lesson because it means being a more educated and sovereign individual to navigate out of that trap of humanity.
The midwits embody the following gif ad nauseam.

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The closest path you have to any true digital freedom is right here. The Farcaster protocol.

If you’re unfamiliar with “enshittification” here’s Cory Doctorow’s article that defined the terminology and laid out the effects:

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

Twitter the ultimate slow rug.

If you think any of these shiny new recycled toys from the same snake oil salesmen are gonna be the answer, you’re only correct for a season.

In the end, enshittification comes for all of the “free” surveillance capitalist offerings. You will never be free of that suffering.

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I think a more fundamental line of thinking is the gradual shift from Distribution web to Destination web. Platforms that are beyond Virality. They’ll start with very localised context and grow bigger as the global metabrain expands.

They will end up acquired like Figma, by some massive evil corp, presumably Facebook, and proceed down the enshittification process with in conversation ads and all the above. Haha, I dunno, just popping off now.

How do you see it play out?

Let’s see how fundamental this line of thinking is to the unravelling. Make the same argument for Discord. How will that play out?