AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born
www.theverge.com
The capacity of AI to generate content is overwhelming the web.

…Years ago, the web used to be a place where individuals made things. They made homepages, forums, and mailing lists, and a small bit of money with it. Then companies decided they could do things better. They created slick and feature-rich platforms and threw their doors open for anyone to join. They put boxes in front of us, and we filled those boxes with text and images, and people came to see the content of those boxes…

  • NoiseColor @lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    I want to know how it ends. Will there be a new found respect for more traditional and established media?

  • MatteEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    There’s the junkification of Amazon and the enshittification of TikTok.

    wait, I thought TikTok was enshittified by design?

    • sauna7843@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      The tiktok algorithm has been the best algorithm of any platform in my opinion. While the content will vary depending on the person, and perhaps others may judge another’s feed as poor taste, tiktok does do a good job at providing users content in what they want.

      With that said, use YouTube revanced manager to patch tiktok for ad free experience!