I Ain't Buying It.
Social Media used to be about communicating with people. There's a clue in the name. This is no longer the case. Today, nobody sees your post. They don't reply to you. Because that's not what this is for anymore. Posts are an irritant, some vestigial limb dragging along the ground, getting in the way, scratched and bleeding. This is why social media randomly bans posts. It doesn't like them. They're an impediment to selling you shit. We used to believe the algorithm was smart. A silent, invisible personal shopper, sifting, curating, getting to know your likes and dislikes, Santa filling your stocking. If this was the model, it's been superseded by an idiot firing a blunderbuss at a barn door. We don't really matter as people. We're just there as the wallets that want. They're going to show us everything. Sponsored pages are every third post on Facebook. Here's about an hour of my day in adverts: *Visit Las Vegas. *Retroanix - "Get your ...
