Got our copy of #Enshittificaton by @pluralistic for bookshop.org. Local library has agreed to take it as a donation when we are done.
Got our copy of #Enshittificaton by @pluralistic for bookshop.org. Local library has agreed to take it as a donation when we are done.
Got our copy of #Enshittificaton by @pluralistic for bookshop.org. Local library has agreed to take it as a donation when we are done.
It's against this landscape of #enshittificaton and scrounging for the last half acre ( https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2 ) that I am building our #CommunityMedia projects, and attempting to imbue them with #revolutionaryJoy
We make toys of our own original characters, most of which are cc-by-sa, or of public domain characters. We help other people make their own toys. (And we do it with direct recycled plastics and soon with biodegradable plastics.)
We make television programs (like the one I linked above) and podcasts to tell stories that are otherwise missing from the airwaves or to celebrate our community or just because we want to. We help other people make and distribute their own television.
We make video games and publish comic books and just generally try to provide an alternative to all the various kinds of media that are currently produced by four or five companies who would gladly see this nation fall to fascism if it meant making a buck.
It's against this landscape of #enshittificaton and scrounging for the last half acre ( https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2 ) that I am building our #CommunityMedia projects, and attempting to imbue them with #revolutionaryJoy
We make toys of our own original characters, most of which are cc-by-sa, or of public domain characters. We help other people make their own toys. (And we do it with direct recycled plastics and soon with biodegradable plastics.)
We make television programs (like the one I linked above) and podcasts to tell stories that are otherwise missing from the airwaves or to celebrate our community or just because we want to. We help other people make and distribute their own television.
We make video games and publish comic books and just generally try to provide an alternative to all the various kinds of media that are currently produced by four or five companies who would gladly see this nation fall to fascism if it meant making a buck.
All of these things that I'm talking about in this thread—toys, media, culture—have been commercialized and weaponized to the point that they're basically useless for their original purposes.
It's nearly impossible to make a living as a creative person unless you are a one in ten thousand success story, a legacy holdout from the time before mass media essentially killed itself in the name of profit seeking, or an outright grifter.
If you are already successful or you can attach yourself to someone who is already successful then you have an okay chance of remaining/becoming successful. (This is the case for outfits like Dropout and people like Mr. Lobo) But even previous recognition or an existing audience might be insufficient if YouTube or Facebook or google or Instagram or Amazon decides that your audience isn't going to find out about your newest work.
Sorry, computer says no.
Sorry, our new business model demands that we bankrupt the people upon whom we've built our success.
It's against this landscape of #enshittificaton and scrounging for the last half acre ( https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/83McEYqJpCqn1UmWXqGWq2 ) that I am building our #CommunityMedia projects, and attempting to imbue them with #revolutionaryJoy
We make toys of our own original characters, most of which are cc-by-sa, or of public domain characters. We help other people make their own toys. (And we do it with direct recycled plastics and soon with biodegradable plastics.)
We make television programs (like the one I linked above) and podcasts to tell stories that are otherwise missing from the airwaves or to celebrate our community or just because we want to. We help other people make and distribute their own television.
We make video games and publish comic books and just generally try to provide an alternative to all the various kinds of media that are currently produced by four or five companies who would gladly see this nation fall to fascism if it meant making a buck.
