charlieb

Every pixel is another +1 interaction on the site to pump their engagement numbers. Might not be direct views, but they are using r/place to offset the audience engagement losses over the monthly average. Spez is buying time before the summaries hit the board’s desks.

Maybe let’s just not go there? Tis a silly place.

Researchers, sociologists, and markers probably pay it too.

The web sucks honestly. everyone is either buying, selling, or being sold. The foundations of the web, open information sharing and interconnected servers, is collapsing behind paywalls and corporate greed. You can’t even have a homepage or hobby site any more as the biggest indexer is drowning in a trash ocean of generated seo-honed content.

There are some beacons of hope to be found still, but mostly I’m disgusted to see how the larger ecosystem has evolved.

The best app :(

Fun side effect if I accidentally click a reddit link from Google or whatever, it opens the app to an empty screen instead of giving reddit traffic! I’ll keep it installed as a free blacklist tool 🤣

I welcome new members, the fediverse can always use more contributors! Be polite!