Thinking about the tragedy of the commons a lot, then finding even the digital commons’ that I liked getting increasingly tragic or authoritarian to manage the tragedies.

I also think follow-based social media flourishes because it solves the tragedy of the commons; we can't share free (not like free beer) and open space on the internet, so we'll have you follow many false idols instead. I think regardless of the algorithm, who is in control, the content or the format, follow-based social media is bad for human wellbeing. It elevates the most narcissistic and attention-seeking members of our species, and forces anyone seeking community online to become more narcissistic and attention-seeking to find community online.

Everyone is concerned with the other cancers of internet: algorithms and censorship. Yet they ignore this far more terminal one because the people who benefit from it the most, the people we follow the most, the internet's false idols, will never help us question it. Follow-based social media is like the fiat money of social media - the cause of most of the social media's problems, yet we're distracted by symptoms.

I think something like SN, the way it solves problems, is the future of the internet.