Let's buy music, listen to podcasts and fk social media
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A New Weird Australia newsletter, dispatched in October 2020. Calling time on anti-social media I've despaired many (many) times about social media; particularly about the 'bait and switch' from an original premise/promise of a thriving, engaged community; to a model that fails on so many levels to meaningfully connect us to the people and things that we give a fuck about. It seems like a simple thing to get right, but the most popular platforms are driven by other desires, and in doing so, they screw it up spectacularly.
Let's buy music, listen to podcasts and fk social media
Let's buy music, listen to podcasts and fk…
Let's buy music, listen to podcasts and fk social media
A New Weird Australia newsletter, dispatched in October 2020. Calling time on anti-social media I've despaired many (many) times about social media; particularly about the 'bait and switch' from an original premise/promise of a thriving, engaged community; to a model that fails on so many levels to meaningfully connect us to the people and things that we give a fuck about. It seems like a simple thing to get right, but the most popular platforms are driven by other desires, and in doing so, they screw it up spectacularly.