How come? Meta argues that if "social" means time spent checking in with friends and family, then very little of that now occurs on its platforms. Today, the company reports, only 7% of Instagram time and 17% of Facebook time involves consuming content from friends. The majority of time on both apps is spent watching short-form videos that are "unconnected" - not from friends or followed accounts - but recommended by AI-powered algorithms developed as a direct competitive response to TikTok's rise.

Was struck by this from #JohnNaughton in @theobserveruk.bsky.social #enshittification101
“Meta is not a #SocialMedia company”
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Screenshot of today's column by John naughton in the observer to illustrate.

Great to see a mention of #helenbeetham in #theobserver this morning thanks to #johnnaughton #altc #ai

Users, advertisers – we are all trapped in the enshittification of the internet | John Naughton There is a new word for the degradation of the internet, but it’s been happening for years. Why do we tolerate it?

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Thank you Cory Doctorow ......

Enshittification

#Enshittification #CoryDoctorow #TheGuardian #JohnNaughton #DigitalCapitalism #DigitalFuedalism #Computer #WorldWideWeb #SocialMedia #OnlinePlatform #Google #Microsoft #FaceBook #TikTok #Instagram #Algorithm

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“You find yourself in these situations where the job you were trying to do involves synthesising information that is scattered across 15 open tabs and a bunch of documents sitting on your drive, and, you know, wherever that is, all over the place.”

Finally a good use for a bot
#JohnNaughton in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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#Memex1.1 #JohnNaughton 5/3/25 #Trump

Wednesday 5 March, 2025 Spring is sprung

#TheObserver's #JohnNaughton quoting General de Gaulle in his Memex 1.1 blog: "Faced with the bewilderment of my countrymen, by the disintegration of a government in thrall to the enemy, by the fact that the institutions of my country are incapable,

In today’s @TheObserver #JohnNaughton writes of @KillList of people willing to pay for #assassinations. “Welcome to the worst #devils of our nature”. By devils he means men. No surprise there. #misogyny #murder #TrueCrime #terrifying