You kinda just disagreed with yourself.

Every kid having their own tailored algorithm means there is no shared cultural experience by design.

A shared cultural experience means there are people in it who don't like it or don't engage with it, even though they are aware of it, and they can engage with their peers about it.

Tailored algorithms means maximal enjoyment and engagement at all times, but it's engagement with the software, not engagement with peers.

"A shared cultural experience means there are people in it who don't like it or don't engage with it"

You just disagreed with yourself, the kids on america can relate to kids that live on middle east and asia

if this not shared cultural experience, then idk what else is because original post mention that most people on his hometown aware of song that got played, not every hometown on america have same experience

Hmm I take your logical point. I think I disagree with the premises though.

> the kids on america can relate to kids that live on middle east and asia ... if this not shared cultural experience, then idk what else is

This sounds like parasocial connection standing in for shared cultural experience to me, but I don't really know because I'm quite distant from that kind of connection anyway.

"This sounds like parasocial connection standing in for shared cultural experience to me"

no no no, you are not understand, this is the new normal

gone long time a way for you to meet and socialize in your local community. this is the new way

You just miss old times

I agree with you that it's becoming the new normal. I just don't think the new normal is better, and the old normal still exists.

We opine the enshittification of social media platforms, but seem to largely ignore the enshittification of our in-person social norms and culture by those same platforms.

One of the reasons you have to get people in young (to any product) is so that they forget or just don't even realise/consider what life is could be like without it.

well, no one force them to use current way

they can stick to old way but we know its not going to happen since its inconvenience

it is what it is

Or maybe a certain way is better. Or maybe it's better in some aspects and worse in others.

It's already been pointed out in the comments on this article that we went from individual disconnected experiences, to mostly a shared collective experience via radio and TV and lately we went back to individual connected experiences.