- The internet used to be an escape from the real world, but now the real world is an escape from the internet due to the centralization of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
- Centralizing the world’s social interaction on two or three platforms was profitable, but it caused a lot of toxicity and outrage.
- Twitter’s “dunk mechanism” encouraged toxicity and outrage, and the company’s hapless, incompetent management resisted any attempts to change this.
- People are now taking their discussions off of Twitter and into smaller forums, like DM groups, WhatsApp, Signal, and Discord.
- Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has caused further disruption, and it remains to be seen whether this will cause an exodus of users.
- In place of centralized social media, we are seeing fragmentation, with apps like TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram becoming more popular.
- Fragmentation is necessary to restore the old internet, as it allows people to exit and move to a different forum if they don’t like the current one.
Click HERE for original. Published December 16, 2022
