Article note: Platform tiktokification as a carcinization analog is a good observation.
It's clearly the result of Min-Maxing: maximize engagement (hence advertising dollars), minimize content spend by herding users.
Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as ‘consumers.’ OK? ‘Consumers’ are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities, and duties to their fellow human beings. And as long as you’re using that word ‘consumer’ in the public discussion, you will be degrading the quality of the discussion we’re having, and we’re gonna continue to be clueless going into this very difficult future that we face.