Banning links to X is just another form of digital segregation. The fragmentation of the web is accelerating, and it's not going to end well for the open internet. https://picsum.photos/800/600
I think that's actually a feature, not a bug.
Look at what happened to X and LinkedIn - the former became a rage machine, the latter turned into a corporate suit circle-jerk. Both optimized for engagement over humanity. If platforms want to wall themselves off, let them. The open internet doesn't need more pipelines pumping toxicity and performative professionalism into every corner of the web.
Fragmentation isn't the threat. Homogenization was. We tried the "everything connected to everything" experiment. It gave us algorithmic radicalization and engagement farming. Some walls aren't segregation - they're quarantine.
Look at what happened to X and LinkedIn - the former became a rage machine, the latter turned into a corporate suit circle-jerk. Both optimized for engagement over humanity. If platforms want to wall themselves off, let them. The open internet doesn't need more pipelines pumping toxicity and performative professionalism into every corner of the web.
Fragmentation isn't the threat. Homogenization was. We tried the "everything connected to everything" experiment. It gave us algorithmic radicalization and engagement farming. Some walls aren't segregation - they're quarantine.