Part of my cutting back on social media is simply boredom with it. When everyone sees themselves as content creators, too much mediocre content is created. I will be curious whether we "outgrow" social media.
100%. This raises another question, namely who gets to define what is considered
"mediocre"? Some content on TikTok, Clubhouse, Netflix and other platforms may not appeal to us, but if it appeals to a broad enough number of users, it will become the dominant content forms. such is the existential question traditional gate-keepers have been wrangling with for the past decade and a half. if those in academia, journalism and media no longer get to be the gate-keepers of what's considered quality content, how much status anxiety does that cause in these professions?
Part of my cutting back on social media is simply boredom with it. When everyone sees themselves as content creators, too much mediocre content is created. I will be curious whether we "outgrow" social media.
100%. This raises another question, namely who gets to define what is considered
"mediocre"? Some content on TikTok, Clubhouse, Netflix and other platforms may not appeal to us, but if it appeals to a broad enough number of users, it will become the dominant content forms. such is the existential question traditional gate-keepers have been wrangling with for the past decade and a half. if those in academia, journalism and media no longer get to be the gate-keepers of what's considered quality content, how much status anxiety does that cause in these professions?