The Twilight of Empires and the End of Social Networks#
Now let's talk about social networks.
What do people think of first?
That movie about Facebook? Cyberbullying? Information echo chambers? Algorithms? Brain Rot? Account hype? Human flesh box opening? Abstract memes? Account bans? Internet cesspools? Dragging others into conflicts? Gender opposition?
From these keywords, it is clear that many people feel social media is getting worse, at least something feels off.
Twelve years ago, the golden age of social networks and the internet had begun, and Tom Standage published "A Brief History of Social Media: From Papyrus to the Internet," in which he was very optimistic about the prospects of online social networks:
Since the founding of the New York Sun in 1833, up until the "old media" era between the television age, it was an abnormal phenomenon;
The era of newspapers, radio, and television was merely a "small detour" for social media;
For 150 years, person-to-person media was overshadowed by the centralized mass media of the broadcasting model, and now the pendulum has swung back.
But the pendulum will not stop swinging just because it has reached the "correct" position.
Now, visibly, all social media applications are inevitably transforming or are in the process of transforming into the shape of TikTok:
Increasingly, video clips are pushed by artificial intelligence based on user viewing behavior rather than social relationships, becoming a new type of "super television."
In October 2022, Twitter was sold to Musk due to economic pressures.
On November 4 of the same year, the stock price of social media giant Meta fell to $88, halving from its peak of $384.
On February 1, 2024, Meta's stock price had just regained some ground, and Facebook was about to celebrate its 20th birthday. The Economist published an article proclaiming "The End of Social Networks."
Social media has become no longer "social"
The frequency of people posting is declining
Since 2020, the proportion of Americans who enjoy recording their lives online has dropped from 40% to 28%
Those who still speak are either hoping or worrying about being chosen by the algorithm god, imagining how they will welcome their "15 minutes of fame," and their speech has become increasingly strange.
Meanwhile, more and more countries are beginning to legislate restrictions on minors using social networks, treating them like alcohol, driving, and restricted films:
The lights of the Empire Square have gone out.
People scatter in all directions.
Fleeing from Weibo, fleeing from Moments, fleeing from Zhihu, fleeing from Douban, fleeing from Twitter, fleeing from Xiaohongshu, fleeing from Douyin.
Fleeing from all algorithms and social media.
Then we arrive at:
If we move forward just a little bit
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