Interesting perspective.
"The rush to vilify and eliminate the comment section ignored, as Ben notes, that a subscription to news outlets doesn’t just have to provide access to journalism, it can feature participation in journalism."
Via https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/post/3mdxqtevkxc2x
Interesting perspective.
"The rush to vilify and eliminate the comment section ignored, as Ben notes, that a subscription to news outlets doesn’t just have to provide access to journalism, it can feature participation in journalism."
Via https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/post/3mdxqtevkxc2x
" #TheWeb: Everything Is Shifting at Once
What makes this moment disorienting to some, but also exciting, is that multiple systems are changing simultaneously. It’s not just consumption models or discovery mechanisms or economics of the internet. It’s all of them, at the same time, and they’re interconnected.
The #consumption model used to be straightforward. A user goes to a surface, consumes content directly, and synthesizes the information themselves.
Now an AI intermediary does the #synthesis across dozens of surfaces and delivers the answer directly. The user can get what they need (achieve that conversion) without directly visiting the source anymore."
" #TheWeb: Everything Is Shifting at Once
What makes this moment disorienting to some, but also exciting, is that multiple systems are changing simultaneously. It’s not just consumption models or discovery mechanisms or economics of the internet. It’s all of them, at the same time, and they’re interconnected.
The #consumption model used to be straightforward. A user goes to a surface, consumes content directly, and synthesizes the information themselves.
Now an AI intermediary does the #synthesis across dozens of surfaces and delivers the answer directly. The user can get what they need (achieve that conversion) without directly visiting the source anymore."
"This shift is gradual, not binary. #Directvisits still happen. #Search still sends traffic. But the proportion is changing, and as AI intermediaries become more capable and more widely used, that proportion will continue to shift. #Publishers whose revenue depends on attention are feeling this now, and it will become more pronounced over time.
#Theweb will continue to change into the future; this isn’t a single switch being flipped, but a #migration."
