But what does that look like in practice? I tried posting/commenting on eX-Twitter, Reddit, and other sites through the whole campaign. Most of it got no attention at all, and what engagement I did was mostly from people who already agreed with me. I realize that professionals who do this for a living may be better at making stuff get re…
But what does that look like in practice? I tried posting/commenting on eX-Twitter, Reddit, and other sites through the whole campaign. Most of it got no attention at all, and what engagement I did was mostly from people who already agreed with me. I realize that professionals who do this for a living may be better at making stuff get reach, but where does that leave us? The outcome of future elections is determined by who's better at manipulating social media algorithms? By the politics of which billionaire happens to buy the next hip new social media site? And even if the "legacy media" continues to fight for reason, what future does it have, with its subscribers so disproportionately old, and an apparent unwillingness of young people to pay trivial amounts for real information? It feels like Fahrenheit 451 is real, and I have no idea what to do about it.
But what does that look like in practice? I tried posting/commenting on eX-Twitter, Reddit, and other sites through the whole campaign. Most of it got no attention at all, and what engagement I did was mostly from people who already agreed with me. I realize that professionals who do this for a living may be better at making stuff get reach, but where does that leave us? The outcome of future elections is determined by who's better at manipulating social media algorithms? By the politics of which billionaire happens to buy the next hip new social media site? And even if the "legacy media" continues to fight for reason, what future does it have, with its subscribers so disproportionately old, and an apparent unwillingness of young people to pay trivial amounts for real information? It feels like Fahrenheit 451 is real, and I have no idea what to do about it.