ShortFiat on Nostr: Legacy social media is an arms race of data collection. More data means better ...
Legacy social media is an arms race of data collection.
More data means better targeting. Better targeting means higher advertising rates.
Higher rates mean more revenue.
More revenue means better algorithms.
The cycle feeds itself, driving ever more sophisticated systems for processing human attention into profit.
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2025-03-24 21:05:38Event JSON
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