The Internet Will Die and So Will You | John West

The Internet Will Die and So Will You | John West – Hidden Forces

Market views

Bearish

SOCIALMEDIA— Social media platforms have shifted from serving users to serving advertisers, with algorithms designed to maximize engagement rather than user wellbeing. The mechanistic logic embedded in platforms contradicts human thriving and has led to loss of agency, epistemic collapse, and the spread of extremism and vice signaling.
GOOGL— Google search quality has significantly degraded, with results increasingly dominated by sponsored content and gamified SEO rather than authentic, useful information. Users are now appending 'Reddit' to searches to find genuine human-driven results, indicating structural problems with Google's core product.
X— Twitter/X has become increasingly hostile to external links and has seen a significant rise in antisemitism and extremist content following Elon Musk's acquisition and dismantling of content moderation systems.

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