Golden Oldies #17 \ stacker news ~meta

1146 sats \ 8 comments \ @siggy47 9h meta

What Is This?

This is a recurring post inspired by discussions had by @Undisciplined, @elvismercury and others regarding evergreen content on SN. I’ll dig back into the past to try to locate some great posts that might be worth another read. I plan to release a new Golden Oldies every Tuesday.

Here are this week’s selections:

The Problem of Using Attention as a Currency by @dergigi

This is a classic post from Gigi. The subject is as relevant now as when it was first written, if not more so. The substantial, lively discussion is also well worth your time.

Dark Maximalism ♠️ by @mallardshead

Oh man! @mallardshead brings it here. Take your time, read it a few times if you like, and enjoy.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Here’s a link to last week’s post:

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270 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 9h

From @dergigi:

new models will emerge that are not bound to selling eyeballs and outrage.

Then Stacker News is used as an example. It's still worth reflecting on exactly why SN isn't overrun with the same kind of rage-bait echo chamber dynamics as the rest of social media.

Is it just that we're so early on the adoption curve that we haven't gotten there yet?

Are stackers just a weird minority who value learning and conversation?

Did @k00b fix social media with the SN incentive structure?

53 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 9h

Who's Alice? 🤠

86 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 9h

The question I have for those who go down @mallardshead's line of thinking is whether we've ever seen the kind of escalating totalitarianism being described collapse into a free society.

I think freedom has to be culturally enforced. As such, the best allies are those who instinctively oppose whatever the ruling class is trying to do. Humans are psychologically malleable and living under tyranny creates unfree minds.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 8h

I don't know. Maybe one of the Baltic states post USSR collapse? Latvia? Lithuania?

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 8h

Estonia, maybe. I know they embraced a lot of market reforms.

In those cases, it wasn't the domestic population clamoring for more state power, which might be importantly different from Mallardshead's scenario.

22 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 8h

True. It was basically the opposite.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 8h

Great selections. Gigi is always a treat to read and what a great post by mallard.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 8h

Yeah. Two good ones. I spent a while reading both before I good the post ready.