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By: BBC: Future of the Social Internet Report - thejaymo

BBC: Future of the Social Internet Report - thejaymo — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:31:17 +0000

[…] some of the hits I’ve long spoken about here on the blog, the difficulty of getting people to ‘click out’ of social platforms, the alms race, and the destabilising nature of algorithmic […]

By: The Alms Race: A Brief History of Web2 - thejaymo

The Alms Race: A Brief History of Web2 - thejaymo — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:51:15 +0000

[…] 2 is over. We are currently amidst the shift to the ‘Next Web’ the period I have been calling The Alms […]

By: The Doc Web - thejaymo

The Doc Web - thejaymo — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:49:01 +0000

[…] But simply having a blog category collecting these posts in one place isn’t enough in the 2020s; nobody clicks on links anymore.. […]

By: Make The Thing - thejaymo

Make The Thing - thejaymo — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:45:50 +0000

[…] I also do genuinely think we’re seeing a shift back to the open web. I know Venkat is retiring Ribbonfarm, (an end of an era) citing that blogs are ‘over’ and putting more of his energy into Substack. But to me, his whole post feels less like a statement on blogging and more a reflection of the effort he’s invested in other platforms. Blogging isn’t over – there’s so much vitality and creativity happening outside the big platforms, and I think audiences are catching on and finally rediscovering the hyperlink. […]

By: When Is The Audience? | 2427 - thejaymo

When Is The Audience? | 2427 - thejaymo — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:27:00 +0000

[…] currently living in the “post-social” era. Social media is collapsing, and creators are being forced to find new ways of connecting with an […]

By: Welcome to RSS Club 🟧 - thejaymo

Welcome to RSS Club 🟧 - thejaymo — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:41:58 +0000

[…] the death of Web2, I’ve been feeling the need to change my own style of blogging for a while. Make my […]

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 13:36:37 +0000

The Alms Race: The escalating development of product features providing direct financial plumbing (and community) tools to users occurring across the legacy Web2 ecosystem.

By: A Machine-Made Mirror - thejaymo

A Machine-Made Mirror - thejaymo — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:34:56 +0000

[…] machine sludge, we need to rethink the way they use the Internet. It’s happening alongside the collapse of web2. We are retreating into the Dark Forests, into smaller more human-populated cosywebs. Search […]

By: Slowly Starting To Happen - thejaymo

Slowly Starting To Happen - thejaymo — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:50:46 +0000

[…] know I’ve spent the summer annoyed about the state of social media. But I’ve spent most of it largely off it. Mainly due to it […]

By: Audience not Algorithm | 2329 - thejaymo

Audience not Algorithm | 2329 - thejaymo — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 22:50:35 +0000

[…] And it’s pretty much pointless to promote work from one platform to another. Either because nobody clicks on links anymore, or links out to other destinations are […]

By: Crossing T's - thejaymo

Crossing T's - thejaymo — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:44:21 +0000

[…] Nobody Clicks Links Anymore […]