Ever since search engine “optimization” became a thing — which was not long after the Internet was opened to the public in the ‘90s.
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netuno@lemmy.cif.su 3 weeks ago
The problem for years has been good stuff being drowned in slop.
It’s not going to be fixed.
artifex@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
One of my most unfortunate thoughts is that people were as excited about radio and television before they were centralized.
Once we lost synchronous internet connection the internet started evolving.
Content currated by our betters to help us fulfill their lives.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Capitalism has distilled its parasitic behaviour down to a science to suck the life out of anything that dare to stand out, and leave its corpse dry, for the sake of more profits.