time and time again people are confused that the content they see is directly related to the people they follow and that they’re absolutely lost navigating the internet without an algorithm force feeding them lowest common denominator dreck
I remember when RSS first started and I realized I could basically curate my own personal newspaper/magazine and it was the greatest thrill of my online life, and ever since I've realized people HATE that, that's the WORST part of online for them, they just want TV you can fave
I felt betrayed when i came back to my Google Reader after my first semester of law school, excited to catch up on the past 3 months of news, blogs, and webcomics, and… finding only 30 days bc that’s as far as it went. This was 2008. I stopped seeking out anything after that
