alt Hacker NewsI’m not really against ads. I think the problem is in the influencer style business model. People are making a living fighting to get clicks by driving negative emotions. That’s the problem. ‘Influencer’ should not be a legitimate job. There is definitely a way to allow business to advertise without the negative externalities. It just requires regulation, which is basically impossible in the modern political climate.
This whole economy and way of living has turned into people selling themselves in any way possible. Regular folks couldn’t do that in the past but now everyone can mass sell themselves. It’s a sorry state of affairs and I hate influencers as much as the next person but everyone is struggling. I don’t know what the solution is but maybe completely shutting down social media or making it so everything online is deanonymized.