The laws of supply and demand come into play in this, where behaviors are treated like goods and services, with some wanted, some not, some accepted, some not. Not every product is going to find a market and even if it does, that market might not be large enough to sustain it long term, unless it is able to legitimize itself and get more support from the group.
This, I love how you mentioned that part. I had felt and realized this pattern on mainstream social media, where literally people (profiles) became ‘Brands’, thus products and their monetization of social media account was according to the demand of the consumers on those platforms.
For far too long, we have been giving up our ability to make decisions with the payoff being the convenience of not owning and not needing to take responsibility for ourselves. Rather than organizing ourselves, we have proxied an authorities to do it for us, expecting that they will act in our best interest instead of maximizing themselves using our "stake”.
Personally repulsed by the high demand of mediocre values, the over saturation of all of it, and especially what you mention just above; these platforms I have enrolled as a teenager, in a complete naïveté towards my own data and the fact that Zuckrberg today became THE Zuckrberg because of how we all interacted and used his platform.
I am so happy to have found exactly what I was looking for here on the Hive: Where our content can become a product that can have its value proofed and kept alive by the community on here.
Also the self-responsibility and sovereignty that is common sense and basically the foundation of the chain.
And seeing that overall consensus of ‘I like, I engage. (Contribute) & I don’t like, I don’t engage. (Null or Neutral)’ , it’s really all profit & peace, so far. :)
Thanks for that great post, ever since I’m around here your writing is of those that make the most sense to me; literally you articulate many things I have been feeling and juggling with in my thoughts, into such clear and impactful way!
Bless,
Kali