This is almost entirely what I too hold as the best intersection of facts which explain the current scenario.
I'm spending a lot more of my time looking at community behaviors online, moderation and moderation evolution, and any papers which cover this area.
This stuff is virulent.
I think we might be headed into a dead cat bounce period in the near future - a lot of people have become aware of this now, and the idea is obviously disseminating a lot more.
(3-4 years ago, I never saw this idea summarized and shared in a single piece, vs multiple times in the last 3 months.)
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The fundamental motor, the gameplay loop which drives this is the degradation and competition in the media sector.
Competition for ads, consolidation, along with management targets would force magazines/papers to move towards language which would grab a larger audience and more attention.
And then you have the partisan right wing groups, created because they kept saying that the entire media is a liberal conspiracy.
I'm spending a lot more of my time looking at community behaviors online, moderation and moderation evolution, and any papers which cover this area.
This stuff is virulent.
I think we might be headed into a dead cat bounce period in the near future - a lot of people have become aware of this now, and the idea is obviously disseminating a lot more.
(3-4 years ago, I never saw this idea summarized and shared in a single piece, vs multiple times in the last 3 months.)
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The fundamental motor, the gameplay loop which drives this is the degradation and competition in the media sector.
Competition for ads, consolidation, along with management targets would force magazines/papers to move towards language which would grab a larger audience and more attention.
And then you have the partisan right wing groups, created because they kept saying that the entire media is a liberal conspiracy.