@oatmeal@mastodon.social
This is why decentralized, non-corporate social media is so important.
Creative people on the internet did this to themselves. They trusted platforms they didn’t own and operate themselves, and depended on proprietary algorithms instead of open standards like RSS. They deserve no sympathy or support; let them have day jobs.
I have no idea what you’re on about. The fact that all of them did it means nobody did it out of specific stupidity, and that it was just very difficult to see it coming.
I’m also not sure it’s the fault of “creative” people. If people only visit closed systems like FB / Insta / Tiktok etc. are creatives to jist not post there? (In an ideal world obviously not but …)
As soon as you start calling yourself a “creative” you’ve lost the point.
Especially with the way these companies positioned themselves. Google and Apple were the anti-Microsoft. Google even had the motto don’t be evil. Facebook was started by one of us! A hacker nerd dropout who loved open source. Of course he’s on our side!
Ignorance is no excuse.
Why should anyone be blamed for something over which they have no control?
You think that’s unfair? Guess what, so do I, but justice is a human concept. We live in an insouciant universe that cares nothing for our ideals unless we force them into existence.
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“Creatives” are idiots then.
You think that’s unfair? Guess what, so do I
They deserve no sympathy
Pick one.
If you produce content, you 100% control where that content goes.
But you’re not in control of the knowledge of the consequences of that.
Who are “creative” people? This is such a strange and vague demographic
I agree with the point but it is kind of funny to see the oatmeal, the nickelback of comics, complaining about it
What’s the deal with both the oatmeal and nickelback?
I semi remember an interview with the guy from nickelback who said (obviously paraphrasing) that he studied the songs that reached number one in the rock chart, and noted that, ok they have this tempo, they have a key change here, etc etc, and set out to make a song that had those qualities. very successfully as it turned out.
there’s the same sort of essential cynicism (and subsequent success) with the oatmeal
Didn’t realize it was objectively wrong opinion day again.
