Examining the commercialization of ideas and interactions via newsletters, NFTs, and tip jars, where money empowers but reduces expression to mere commerce
or at least feels like—commerce?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @tinaduryea : I'd really like to just paint, but to be able to make a living with my art I need social media. The world has changed and trying to keep up sometimes feels like a full time job. https://twitter.com/... Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : “What follows from the understanding that every little thing we do—every second of our time, every funny thought that pops into our mind—is something to be owned or sold?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... @niemanlab : “There's an air of frenzy at all times. Promising new platforms become the sites of gold rushes and then vicious competition; attention is a finite resource and anyone else's gain is your loss.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... See also Mediagazer
i wrote about the idea we have now that every single thing we say or suggest online is our property and worth some amount of money and what exactly is my problem with that https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
This is essential reading. “At this point, when most of our interactions happen in this handful of highly commodified spaces, who could be blamed for feeling like everything they do is—or at least feels like—commerce?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
I'd really like to just paint, but to be able to make a living with my art I need social media. The world has changed and trying to keep up sometimes feels like a full time job. https://twitter.com/...
“What follows from the understanding that every little thing we do—every second of our time, every funny thought that pops into our mind—is something to be owned or sold?” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
“There's an air of frenzy at all times. Promising new platforms become the sites of gold rushes and then vicious competition; attention is a finite resource and anyone else's gain is your loss.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...