{"id":1497,"date":"2022-12-25T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T08:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2022-12-25T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T08:56:53","slug":"stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start-buying-things-three-decades-of-survival-in-the-desert-of-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicheroes.space\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/25\/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start-buying-things-three-decades-of-survival-in-the-desert-of-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A brilliant excoriating essay by Cat Valente talking about corporate treatement of internet community.  With antibonus Russian spies in the case of livejournal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catvalente.substack.com\/p\/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start\">https:\/\/catvalente.substack.com\/p\/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am older than her, so remember further back but exactly how I felt about the loss of Google+ particularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brilliant excoriating essay by Cat Valente talking about corporate treatement of internet community. With antibonus Russian spies in the case of livejournal. https:\/\/catvalente.substack.com\/p\/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start I am older than her, so remember further back but exactly how I felt about the loss of Google+ particularly. 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