We’ve Lost Our Damn Outrage Because ‘The Community’ Knows Where Their Money Comes From And Are Scared to Lose That Income — But My Fucking Money Comes from Readers, And I’m Pissed – The Brooks Review
There’s no excuse to add content to Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit right now. There are only shitty justifications like “I need to promote my site so advertisers pay me more to do my podcast” or “Oh, but I’ll miss it; it has valuable information I use all the time.” Both are correct statements; no debating that. But what is the price of letting egomaniacs ruin unique little businesses, destroy trust, mistreat workers, mistreat society, and break apart core democratic values? Or letting them dictate politics in even the slightest way? Or even working for them for free as all users are, but also moderators on Reddit — providing all the valuable content for “their” platforms?
See also Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification premise.