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
huh, mcluhan sort of got it. the medium might not always be the message, but it might as well be to capitalists.
In the case of social media, the focus on individual stories being boosted is akin to focusing on the specific minerals you’re drinking as you sip from a firehose. The proportions of concern are skewed