• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    What’s wrong with the word “content”? What word would you use to describe the things shared in places like Lemmy?

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      13 hours ago

      It subordinates all creative output to the priorities of advertising. On Lemmy (in fact any web forum) I’m a member and a discussion participant. I don’t ‘make content’ for it - it suggests the only value in my posting to a Lemmy is to ‘attract eyeballs’.

      The ability to dress and chisel marble and have your creations still talked about half a millennia later, and being the most recognizable singer on the planet, aren’t fungible.