All social media feedback seems to ask how we feel about something. Voting, likes, favorites, boosts, etc. The real question being asked is “what part of yourself do you see in this?” but there’s no good way to ask that directly yet.
Furthermore, real important piece of information is that an interaction is being made at all, because that verifies engagement and invests you in that engagement. The content of that interaction can be ignored or changed without changing the fundamental model at play
That’s the exact article I just finished reading. Will hopefully be posting a summary tomorrow that doesn’t rely so much on the postmodern minutia to understand (and also doesn’t use the term “schizophrenic” so broadly. I get that it’s supposed to be psychoanalysis, but it’s still pretty offputting for me)