Ironically I think the actual thrust of the post is that the future of social media is more social - the shift to smaller communities (such as this one) is one that’s been happening for some time, especially among gen z. People don’t want to have to question what’s real and whats fake on the internet so much. There are so many ads and so much astroturfing on the internet that simple human to human interaction is often lost. But I think there are other issues with scale, which is part of the reason this community exists - more people needs more moderation. Small groups can more easily enforce behavior among the users because there’s more connection between them and a basis to build trust and get to know someone.
That’s what I thought, too. It could lead to more reading/listening and mutual understanding rather than just posting and re-posting. And no normal being needs 10,000 likes in the first 20 minutes after posting. It could make people communicating with each other rather than being data points used to sell ads.
Social media is dead! Long live social media!
