The internet used to be a great place. You could learn things, connect with people and even share your story. Too bad Marketers ruined it for everybody.
Now we get too many ads, to many data breaches and too much crap AI posts that we have to dig through.
”The question is where to point the blame. That’s a hard one to answer. As the users of the internet, we’re all accountable for how we use it, what services we use, and what models we are happy to engage with. If you learn that Facebook was stealing your data to sell to Big Advertising, and you still use the platform, you’re complicit. If you hate that Google isn’t playing fair with search but still use Google, you’re complicit (I’m guilty of this one). If you hate that media sites have adopted A.I. to turn out sludge, and you still read them, you’re complicit.
But a lot of blame also falls on tech overlords and venture capitalists, who have been destroying the experience in the pursuit of turning it into an attention-farming system because, as we all now know, clicks drive advertiser money. Venture capitalist money and its control over media, platforms, and social companies have forced them to design not for customer value but for shareholder value. Every update, every pivot, every decision is made to drive that line higher.”
Is there any hope for us Internet Lovers? Not much nowadays, but it seems the Internet can evolve into something at least a little bit better. Maybe a return to it’s communal roots through more open communities and Marketers just won’t be allowed in. One can hope.
Until Tomorrow,
Jason Ziebarth (Founder Club255)
JZ#405