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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026

But unlike a "creator," it makes no demands upon the platform and exists solely to serve the platform's shareholders and executives. It's the perfect realization of the solipsist fantasy of a world without people: pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f... 17/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026

But there's a problem with this plan: your friends are not a liability for a platform. Your friends are the platforms' *single most important asset*. Your friends are why the platforms are so "sticky." 18/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 17/04/2026

The platforms don't "hack your dopamine loops" - they *take your friends hostage*, and even though you love them, they're a monumental pain in the ass. 19/

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