How the Creator Economy Destroyed the Internet

themafia

> How the creator economy destroyed the internet

Let's put the blame where it belongs. Monopolistic companies destroyed the internet.

> This is the media ecosystem we live in now — a supercharged shopping system that thrives on outrage, dominates the culture, and resists any real scrutiny because no one’s really in charge

That's the media ecosystem you've lived in your entire life. The internet, as always, just scaled up what we already had.

rectang

> Copycat Pirouette Skorts have been sold on Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, TikTok Shop, DHGate, Temu, Shein, and countless other fly-by-night storefronts that will seemingly disappear as quickly as they popped up.

Are there any moves afoot to adjust laws to make "marketplace" websites liable for the actions of sellers?

Illegitimate knockoffs would be less of an issue if you had to go to independent websites to find them.

burningChrome

>> Illegitimate knockoffs would be less of an issue if you had to go to independent websites to find them.

There's tons of counterfeit stuff on Amazon. I'm at the point now where I avoid Amazon because the last five things I bought there were all counterfeit and the products were not limited to one industry. They were across areas you wouldn't think you'd counterfeit stuff.

dale_glass

I don't think I've seen a web design this garish even on Geocities.

It's like somebody set out to do what the 90s Geocities couldn't, using modern tech.

acessoproibido

I quite like it, really fitting for the topic too

anon_cow1111

Ngl, I had a split second of "oh damn did I just pick up a url hijacker somewhere?" Especially with awkward gifs at the bottom.

dylan604

90s Geocities sites never looked that clean.

tzs

That's not garish.

This is garish: https://yvettesbridalformal.p1r8.net/