Post by account_disabled on Mar 10, 2024 4:12:13 GMT -6
In recent times, there has been a clear tendency for people to prefer private communications over public ones. This is demonstrated by the success of instant messaging applications which are often used not only to convey personal messages, but also to share pieces of content originating from the web. This new attitude is also taking hold among journalists, bloggers or people who, until recently, chose public spaces (blogs) or semi-public spaces (Facebook pages) to spread their opinions and listen to the comments of their audience . Today, more and more frequently, I observe a propensity to prefer closed groups (for example those on Facebook), Telegram channels or newsletters, aimed only at subscribers.
At the base there is probably the desire to gather a community Canada Phone Number around oneself, with which to establish a more lasting relationship, and perhaps also the desire to be able to bypass the algorithms of the platforms, which limit the visibility of one's thoughts. library of congress The first point is certainly worthy of note, but in reality a community can also develop around a blog, a public forum, a Twitter account or a Facebook page. The second point seems like an illusion to me because the real problem is managing to capture and obtain attention over time. For example, managing a Telegram channel ensures that messages are distributed to all subscribers, but not that everyone reads it (those who don't want to can mute the entire stream). Likewise, sending a newsletter does not guarantee that everyone will open it (that content will compete with all the other emails received by the recipient), not to mention that a sort of algorithm could intervene here too
The one that delivers the newsletter to the Promotions section and not to the Incoming mail. This tendency to close one's thoughts exclusively in private spaces led me to reflect on the overall impact that this can have on the information ecosystem of the web. Isn't it that in this way, unconsciously, we are contributing to undermining the foundations of the open web, based precisely on the gift economy, i.e. on the public sharing of the thoughts of millions of people? As far as I'm concerned, I will continue to prefer the blog for my small reflections, convinced of its fundamental role in the current information ecosystem , and to use the other tools in a complementary way (especially to share fragments of news). To quote Jeff Jarvis, when he thought about the role of newspapers a few years ago: Cover what you do best. Link to the rest.
At the base there is probably the desire to gather a community Canada Phone Number around oneself, with which to establish a more lasting relationship, and perhaps also the desire to be able to bypass the algorithms of the platforms, which limit the visibility of one's thoughts. library of congress The first point is certainly worthy of note, but in reality a community can also develop around a blog, a public forum, a Twitter account or a Facebook page. The second point seems like an illusion to me because the real problem is managing to capture and obtain attention over time. For example, managing a Telegram channel ensures that messages are distributed to all subscribers, but not that everyone reads it (those who don't want to can mute the entire stream). Likewise, sending a newsletter does not guarantee that everyone will open it (that content will compete with all the other emails received by the recipient), not to mention that a sort of algorithm could intervene here too
The one that delivers the newsletter to the Promotions section and not to the Incoming mail. This tendency to close one's thoughts exclusively in private spaces led me to reflect on the overall impact that this can have on the information ecosystem of the web. Isn't it that in this way, unconsciously, we are contributing to undermining the foundations of the open web, based precisely on the gift economy, i.e. on the public sharing of the thoughts of millions of people? As far as I'm concerned, I will continue to prefer the blog for my small reflections, convinced of its fundamental role in the current information ecosystem , and to use the other tools in a complementary way (especially to share fragments of news). To quote Jeff Jarvis, when he thought about the role of newspapers a few years ago: Cover what you do best. Link to the rest.