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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
We are in a downward monetization over user experience slide in the internet right now. We have been for while, but I’m not getting the same “wow, I can now stream HD videos” type tech improvements to offset the negative changes.
Sites like Reddit are getting worse. Outside of Calgarypuck, every site I go to is objectively worse than it was 5 10 years ago.
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Astute observation. I agree, there has been no marked or significant improvements to social media sites or the technology behind them. The UX hasn't really changed much, and really the area most of these sites should be tackling - content quality and disinformation - is still severely lacking.
I will give props to LinkedIn for things like Easy Apply and collaborative articles. But outside of that Musk and Zuck haven't made their platforms any better, and no other marquee social media site has emerged (yet) as a true alternative.