Well, yes. And increasingly, as I read pieces like this one, I find myself thinking that although it isn't hard to take the necessary steps to reclaim the social interactions we want, it needs to be done. That makes it a positive step, which gives it extra weight. I've already set up Instagram so I see what I want as I want it. And some of Twitter. FB I really don't care about that much.
[T]he invisible hand is usually just giving you the finger if you care about what you make
This downbeat summary does seem to be on the mark, at least for good software. I didn't upgrade to Day One Premium, because Classic does all I need. Does that make me part of the problem? I don't believe it does, any more than darning my socks (which I don't do) or patching my trousers (which I do) makes me a bad consumer. Definitely, the people who make beautiful software need a better way to sell their creations, and no, I don't know what that might be.
No idea what happened to the million. But the page is an interesting artefact that, in its current state is, I venture, a more accurate keep[sake of the internet than it would be had it all stayed up and running.
The article suggests that:
Given the existence of powerful and widely accessible tools such as the Wayback machine, this kind of restorative curation may well be within reach.
To which I would be fairly vehemently opposed
Truly, I did not know this.
I just know I'm going to regret this. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of my life.