This is near inevitable if this platform takes off.
Advertisers gonna advertise.
Attempting solidarity pragmatically.
I don’t believe in imaginary property.
This is near inevitable if this platform takes off.
Advertisers gonna advertise.
One can hope, even as far back as Usenet the overall general self interest is always a pile-driver to the platform.
I think we’ll all be around to find out. Whether they end up federated with everyone else is up for debate, but the products still follow the eyeballs.
Advertisers especially are going to note how high engagement is compared to the other platforms, the rest will take care of itself eventually.
Alright so I’m skeptical we’ll keep a useful level of signal to noise the whole time (Usenet). But, for the first time in forever I’m optimistic, there’s a lot more technical talent and awareness of how bad it can go this time around, which is amazing to see.
I still don’t think people have grappled with the fact there’s no total “erase” button even if you can port your data.
But we have open standards again, it feels weird.
Probably true. it’s the agencies who are desperate and likely to be looking to chatGPT to outsource ad copy who are going to be looking to capitalize.
No community is really above being targeted, because the good campaigns done by people in the niche tend to be indistinguishable from good posts.