The Poisoned Chalice of Hashtag Activism
[Twitter can be considered the opposite of a public square because it is the platform of a private company with the power to evict, censor, obscure as they see fit.]
A desperate activist tweets. An aspiring activist uses Facebook. A fledgling organizer uses email. An established organizer has phone numbers. A successful organizer is offered addresses.
Platform Decay, Decentralized Marketplaces, and Urbit
[Ad-supported web dominates because banks failed to make micropayments and other 'real money' infrastructure accessible.]
[As centralized marketplaces secure most of the vendor marketshare, the long-tail loses prominence to paid 'premium' placement because the deal has a greater impact on earnings - the vendors become competition.]
[Ad sales incentivize the 'sharing' or 'renting' economy because people are less likely to return after buying to own.]
[When search results make it difficult to buy a hammer, it causes the culture of 'building things' to suffer.]
[The test of any tool is its ability to shape the world.]
[Calm commerce follows naturally from calm computing.]
