[billyp-rva]

> You’d think that, by 2025, technology would have solved the problem of things getting to people. I think it’s the opposite. Social media is optimized to keep people engaged and does not want people leaving the walled garden. Openly prohibiting links would cause a revolt, so instead they go as close as people will tolerate. Which, it turns out, is pretty close.

I'm not at all sure it would cause a revolt. Most people probably wouldn't notice at this point.

[lylejantzi3rd]

It did cause a small uproar, but not as big of one as I expected. Musk admitted that posts with links that people clicked on would get de-prioritized by the algorithm.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1915806794393457034