My daily struggle. Like I feel like I have a lot of share. I know I could def built something online, but I really detest the perverse incentives of audience capture and “attention-as-currency” influencing…
Have you ever considered that there might be people with valuable things to say who lack either the skills or the desire to grow their follower count? Maybe they don’t have the time. Or maybe they kinda like the idea of flying under the radar.
Here’s my essay on how web of trust can free us from the tyranny of the legacy advertisements-addicted system which worships social media “influencers” at the expense of everyone else. How WoT can give us the tools to find the users and the content we want. Even when those users don’t have a high follower count.
https://prettygoodproject.substack.com/p/the-pretty-good-way-to-calculate
Discussion
The perverse incentives you so aptly observe can be poison for the soul
I’m in the same boat. I’m about to take on a grand adventure, but am resisting “selling myself and my family” to centralized media platforms.
What do you mean with built things online?
Monetizable community/content. Can't refer to building software directly, but could refer to selling software.