It covers the problems in a way social media companies don't even talk about. Cause they don't like telling influencers and content creators whatever influence they think they have is extremely diluted thanks to the info tsunami these platforms generate.
So the Number 1 prob is not how to keep paying content creators. The real prob is there is more content than there are eyeballs to consume it all. Estimates are like only 0.5% of all the content generated is actually consumed by humans. Its become that easy to flood the networks with content. Even before AI enters the chat. When Supply is greater than Demand what happens to value of content and IP? It tends to 0.
So social media = information explosion.
When you pull everyone into one room and allow everyone to speak simultaneously (like an ever growing music orchestra with no conducter) noise explodes. The more people in the room the louder, more repetitive and ridiculous they have to act to get noticed by anyone. Beyond a particular Group size it turns into a pure sewage factory doesn't matter what the algos are ranking.
So new architectures and ideas are needed to solve the information explosion problem.
>When you pull everyone into one room and allow everyone to speak simultaneously (like an ever growing music orchestra with no conducter) noise explodes.
Amen on this... The platforms as they are now are simply too big, too disorganized, too unmoderated, and too scattered topic-wise to succeed.
Celebrities & scammers alike are literally buying pre-grown accounts with millions of followers already attached just to stay ahead, the platforms are all selling ads while reducing all user reach to encourage ad sales, and the content ranges wildly from cooking tips, to music videos, to war and political content.
The better approach is to go back to smaller communities that feed aggregation.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 12.0 ms ] threadIt covers the problems in a way social media companies don't even talk about. Cause they don't like telling influencers and content creators whatever influence they think they have is extremely diluted thanks to the info tsunami these platforms generate.
So the Number 1 prob is not how to keep paying content creators. The real prob is there is more content than there are eyeballs to consume it all. Estimates are like only 0.5% of all the content generated is actually consumed by humans. Its become that easy to flood the networks with content. Even before AI enters the chat. When Supply is greater than Demand what happens to value of content and IP? It tends to 0.
So social media = information explosion.
When you pull everyone into one room and allow everyone to speak simultaneously (like an ever growing music orchestra with no conducter) noise explodes. The more people in the room the louder, more repetitive and ridiculous they have to act to get noticed by anyone. Beyond a particular Group size it turns into a pure sewage factory doesn't matter what the algos are ranking.
So new architectures and ideas are needed to solve the information explosion problem.
Amen on this... The platforms as they are now are simply too big, too disorganized, too unmoderated, and too scattered topic-wise to succeed.
Celebrities & scammers alike are literally buying pre-grown accounts with millions of followers already attached just to stay ahead, the platforms are all selling ads while reducing all user reach to encourage ad sales, and the content ranges wildly from cooking tips, to music videos, to war and political content.
The better approach is to go back to smaller communities that feed aggregation.