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Re:Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear U... by melvinmelih on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:20PM (#42881157)
> On modern social media platforms, each person gets their own, personalized feed.

I notice this with streaming platforms like Netflix as well, there is no longer a channel that we all watch (not even in the same household), so a lot of water boiler talk about TV shows have disappeared. The only conversations I have about TV shows are now on reddit.

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Re:Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear U... by lordnacho on Thursday January 30, 2025 @03:54PM (#42882086)
It's actually fascinating to think how many things I watched just because other people watched them. Now I hardly watch anything, even though I never thought my motivation for watching things was to talk about them.
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Re:Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear U... by boxedemp on Thursday January 30, 2025 @03:06PM (#42881640)
Adding to this thought, I've found the move from scheduled content to on demand does this too. Often viewers are at different spots in the series which diminishes conversation.
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Re:Review: Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear U... by gessha on Thursday January 30, 2025 @03:59PM (#42882113)
For a long time I've read/watched media that none of my peers do - manga/anime/light novels and what I've works for me is to invite people to talk about what currently excites them no matter what media type it is and go into detail.
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