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sparselogictoday at 7:58 PM1 replyview on HN

> Over fifteen years the channel has been rebuilt around one assumption: the receiver's attention is a scarce resource the platform is obliged to defend. … As a sender you are on the wrong side of that assumption, whichever way the control moved.

Fascinating how the author openly frames the situation as the sender and receiver’s interests being opposed.


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iamacyborgtoday at 8:04 PM

A fairly uncharitable read, I’d argue it states that the platform is acting on the platform’s interest, not the user’s.

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