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Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:59PM (#24890314)
> everybody that has a Twitter / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / TikTok account is a content creator.

All the fora you mention are characterized by lack of longform text. What people are creating today tends to be image-heavy and eschew any long argumentation or prose storytelling.

Having just a smartphone obviously represents a limitation. For example, I am a member of some niche travel communities. A decade ago, when it was common for people to lug a laptop, there was a healthier community of people writing detailed blog posts on certain destinations, editing Wikivoyage or Hitchwiki, etc. Now that those same travelers are leaving the laptop at home and traveling only with a phone where it is inconvenient to enter much text, the ecosystem of travel resources is actually poorer than it was in the past.

Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by zepto on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:42PM (#24891621)
I see a lot of long form medium articles these days. It’s not that they don’t exist. They are just very bad.
Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by fredthomsen on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:53PM (#24890800)
Definitely agree with this. Twitter and other social media has really forced the short 140 character snippet or image to be favored over thoughtful posts and blog articles.
Re:I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers by coddle-hark on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:25PM (#24890574)
Yes, long-form text is down and photo/video based content has exploded — things are different but I’d hesitate to say that they’re worse overall. I used to share a computer with 5 other family members growing up in the 90’s, nowadays every kid has a content creation device on them 24/7. That seems like a good thing to me.