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The Last Days Of Social Media
https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/
The social media landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by a decline in genuine human content and an increase in AI-generated spam and hyper-optimized, sex-adjacent human avatars.
The attention economy has shifted, prioritizing engagement over authenticity, leading to a proliferation of low-effort, low-quality content that drowns out meaningful interactions. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter (now X), and TikTok are struggling with declining engagement rates, as users increasingly recognize the content as inauthentic and disengage.
The bot-girl economy, fueled by economic precarity, exemplifies how social media bends aesthetics to the logic of engagement, often at the expense of human connection. As users seek more authentic and private spaces, smaller, slower, and more intentional communities are emerging, such as group chats, Discord servers, and federated microblogs.
The future of social media may lie in these smaller, more human-centric spaces, where trust and meaningful interaction are prioritized over viral reach and algorithmic optimization. Governance models that treat platforms as public utilities and emphasize digital literacy as a collective capacity are crucial for shaping a more humane digital future. 0 reply
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I may have found useBackroom.twitter a bit late, after Base degens were already hyping $ROOM on CT and in group chats. But once I dove in, it struck me as one of the more interesting SocialFi innovations since @friendtech.eth. Two things stand out:
1. Creator Arena
friend.tech and many SocialFi platforms force creators into proprietary apps (often clunky PWAs), splitting attention from their existing active community platforms.
backroom.tech lets creators keep talking in their own alpha communities, while AI agents distill these chats into high-density signals for Key holders of the creatorās Room (so itās called InfoFi). Zero extra work, no migration, and it can even bring more people into the creatorās original community.
2. Economic Flywheel
friend.techās Keys arenāt strongly tied to its token $FRIEND. backroom.tech Keys are all priced in $ROOM, so demand creates direct buy pressure.
Of the 8% Key trading fee, 5% goes to the Room creator, and driving a feedback loop: āMore Alpha ā More Key Demand ā More ROOM Demand ā Higher Rewards ā More Creators & Traders ā More Alpha ā šā ā fueling long-term growth.
For now, KOL adoption is probably still low, but those with active alpha groups are a perfect fit. The roadmap promises broader source support, stronger AI analytics, and on-chain strategy execution. so Backroom is still worth keeping an eye on. 5 replies
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thinking outloud
there is a type of culture missing in web3/onchain socials
i see lots of tech talk, data, business, new york and la vibes e-girl tumblr aesthetic which is cool
BUT i always go running back to tt, instagram and youtube to get my culture fix
for *me* culture is swag ,relatability, humour, dance, music, vibes, aura??š§š¾āāļø
i mean there are deffo creators who bring that vibe here !!!
but they are not amplified much/donāt get much reach as imo their target audience still isnāt here *yet*
the images below represent culture to me:
if you dont know who these folks are then you are probably not the target audience for the cultural content i am referring to and that is ok!!!
i know some people like that farcaster is different and not like other socials but there is this jarring contradiction with that and the concept of ābringing the world onchainā
its either a gate kept cosy corner or its a seamless social media platform with onchain tools built in truly for everyone 20 replies
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the first time Iāve earned a reward as a creator on @baseapp.base.eth, not much but so happy and truly grateful.
Base App has its own reward system and creator leaderboard, separate from the Farcaster App. Thatās the beauty of an open, decentralized social network: every client can design incentive strategies based on their own growth goals.
As a creator, you probably wouldnāt mind a single post earning multiple rewards, TBA rewards, FC app rewards, Zora rewards, plus tips from @noiceapp, @tipn, and /degenā¦ 4 replies
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