Post Ai1PyCA2Mb7V2fDW5Y by clive@saturation.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ai1PyBA05FUpwGByOO by freddy@computerclub.social
       2024-05-18T11:26:02Z
       
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       @clive Did you read this piece? https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/05/cultural-arbitrage-good-taste/678244/ For me, you are a cultural arbitrageur ✌🏻
       
 (DIR) Post #Ai1PyCA2Mb7V2fDW5Y by clive@saturation.social
       2024-05-18T17:00:39Z
       
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       @freddy aha, that's a really interesting piece! Hadn't seen it; thank you for the pointer Thank you the compliment!There's another thing that I'd add to the analysis in that piece -- which is that another thing making info/culture-arbitrage an ongoing and vital force is the homogenizing nature of algorithmically sorted feedsThey tend to focus big masses of people's attention on a ... rather small array of issues?So people wind up hungry for things outside that small spotlight
       
 (DIR) Post #Ai1Q5fclDaCcRpDUdk by clive@saturation.social
       2024-05-18T17:01:43Z
       
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       @freddy (One of the main things I love about Mastodon -- which, I gather, most heavy Mastodon users love -- is the weird serendipity that comes from the feeds here being purely reverse-chron)
       
 (DIR) Post #Ai1ZJfwpi6LZ5rMHZ2 by freddy@computerclub.social
       2024-05-18T18:45:22Z
       
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       @clive Hear hear