For the past few years Spotify’s Discover Weekly has been the main way I discover new (to me) music. Secondarily I guess just from browsing the related artists of the ones I already listen to. Looking for other strategies inside or outside of spotify.
I mean there's Reddit ofc, as well as Twitter in its entirety, Discord is implementing some dumb updates, there are issues with Tumblr as well as everything to do with Meta, and I'm sure there are plenty more (and I haven't even touched other digital media, for example the Sims). Why is it all happening in the span of about a...
They’ve also made a lot of shitty decisions. Reddit decided to invest in NFTs when they had cheap money. That’s been about as successful as a lead balloon. That also burned a bunch of user good will in the process. Meta went all in on VR and the Metaverse. They’ve admitted that’s been a bust. This seems more like an A and B with A being cheap money evaporating and B being bad decisions.
I’m reluctant to call the latest Reddit thing enshittification, but it really seems like they’re between steps 2 and 3.
On a slightly different note, does any think enshittification will be the word of the year?
[The Verge] Twitter has started blocking unregistered users (www.theverge.com)
Church of the Cosmic Skull - Evil in your Eye [Rock/Progressive Rock] (www.youtube.com)
Smoke from Canada's wildfires darkens Europe's skies (www.npr.org)
Supreme Court denies state legislatures the unchecked power to set election rules (www.politico.com)
US honeybees suffer second deadliest season on record (www.theguardian.com)
Florida once again has a giant African land snail problem (www.npr.org)
Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says (arstechnica.com)
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Discord is opening the monetization floodgates: get ready for microtransaction stores and paid 'exclusive memes' (www.pcgamer.com)
FCC chair to investigate exactly how much everyone hates data caps (arstechnica.com)
Electric vehicle maker Rivian to join Tesla charging network as automakers consider company's plug (apnews.com)
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time (www.youtube.com)
Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed As Nearly 2000 Laid Off Employees File Arbitration Claims (www.techdirt.com)
Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89 (www.npr.org)
Japan expands the definition of rape and raises the age of consent to 16 from 13 (www.npr.org)
Pattern of discriminatory, unlawful policing in Minneapolis made George Floyd murder 'possible,' DOJ finds (abcnews.go.com)
American arrested for pushing 2 US tourists into ravine at German castle, leaving one woman dead (apnews.com)
How do you discover new (to you) music?
For the past few years Spotify’s Discover Weekly has been the main way I discover new (to me) music. Secondarily I guess just from browsing the related artists of the ones I already listen to. Looking for other strategies inside or outside of spotify.
Why does it feel like we're at a point where every social media + other digital media are making shitty decisions and falling apart?
I mean there's Reddit ofc, as well as Twitter in its entirety, Discord is implementing some dumb updates, there are issues with Tumblr as well as everything to do with Meta, and I'm sure there are plenty more (and I haven't even touched other digital media, for example the Sims). Why is it all happening in the span of about a...
Holy Witch - Valley of the Vapors (www.youtube.com)
Some stoner rock for your Tuesday.