Ali Mattu, Ph.D. @alimattu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Before social media, our most social technology was the telephone. We paid for it. Same with email. We paid a provider. We were the customer. Social media broke that model entirely. 100 0
Ali Mattu, Ph.D. @alimattu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026No social media company has ever charged us a dollar. And if you aren't paying, you aren't the customer. You're the inventory. 100 0
Ali Mattu, Ph.D. @alimattu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Silicon Valley deployed the smartest minds to invent new tech: Notifications. Infinite scroll. Autoplay. Algorithmic feeds. None of these help you talk to your friends. They build a system so effective at getting you to watch content that it makes you want to watch more content. 100 0
