This strikes as wholly unsustainable. Might as well dictate pagination to newspapers and mags. If people want a PBS option for social media, just use taxes and fund the creation of one.
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Wholly unsustainable how? What are you talking about?
aug 30, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Those companies are essentially marketing channels. They don't have a real service line beyond that, at least not that they are remunerated for. If consumers don't pay to access the channel's features, then they pay by watching ads. No ads, no service. Unless consumers pay for services.
aug 30, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Complaining about ads on free service is complaining that newspapers run used car ads in the sports section. Just spin up a public broadcasting version of social media.
aug 30, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Okay so regulate them under marketing laws. All statements must be true.
aug 30, 2025, 7:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Those laws apply to all marketing irrespective of channel medium. Doesn't stop them from having a shitty ad/content split. TV had it, thus VCR or PBS. The biggest issue is lack of competition/consolidation/collusion. Social media companies should stand alone and apart from each other.
aug 30, 2025, 7:17 pm • 0 0 • view
They probably should also not be allowed to own/operate markets, etc.
aug 30, 2025, 7:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Where in the article does the author say or remotely imply that ads should be banned on online platforms? Just...what on earth are you jibbering about?
aug 30, 2025, 10:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Making algorithmic timeline opt in (after consumer opted into the service), and dictating content/ads ratio = soft ban on using the channel as a marketing channel. Zero difference than forcing newspaper/mags to remove ads or ratio them before they deliver to door.
aug 30, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
If that's done, just flat out expect to pay for the service, because that will be what they turn to.
aug 30, 2025, 11:06 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm just going to suggest you actually try reading the article. It's not long. Reading isn't difficult. Otherwise I don't know where to even start with you.
aug 30, 2025, 11:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Read it long before posting. Parts are agreeable, the algo stuff is straight silly. Know those industries business far better than most, how they will react, how they will evade, and how consumers won't want to pay for anything.
aug 30, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
You're yelling about things that aren't in the article.
aug 31, 2025, 1:04 am • 0 0 • view
Read literal text of what he wrote, and then understand the business involved. The "posts displayed, not followed" is called marketing. 90% is reference to ratio-ing that commands 90% of what they are freely served to be their choice, and 10% the channel's choice (the salable marketing segment).
aug 31, 2025, 1:32 am • 0 0 • view
Algorithmic "feeds" here are no different from the process of pagination. It will never fly for the same reason dictating pagination by regulators wouldn't fly.
aug 31, 2025, 1:35 am • 0 0 • view
You're deeply, deeply confused.
aug 31, 2025, 2:43 am • 0 0 • view