Posts by jameswallbank@mas.to
 (DIR) Post #APvtXF8uoSpmrEf0ts by jameswallbank@mas.to
       2022-11-22T17:18:00Z
       
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       @georgetakei Great vision, George, but I fear it's a pipe-dream. Once enough users migrate to Mastodon,  they'll form a market. And what does capitalism do? Exploit markets!It's not obvious yet how, exactly, that'll happen, and how, exactly, it'll degrade the user experience. But I fear it will. #tragedyofthecommons
       
 (DIR) Post #AXcaCnFRQCRi2NVFXE by jameswallbank@mas.to
       2023-07-12T14:46:22Z
       
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       @stux Interestingly different from my experience. I can sort out other platforms,  but am completely bamboozled by Facebook. Literally, I don't understand what it is—all I see on a laptop screen is a mush of text boxes!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ9xwPHbZGNYRIQ1T6 by jameswallbank@mas.to
       2023-08-27T15:10:04Z
       
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       @strypeyWhen you say that demand for spouses, babies, organs, and social revolutions have not been commodified, I draw your attention to any number of dating apps, and the dreadful markets in human organs in the underdeveloped world.We haven't quite seen "social revolution as a service" yet—but some might argue that this is exactly the space that social media companies operate in!Remember, often capitalism is about choking off the supply of the thing it nominally provides. @georgetakei