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Right. The fact that some good stuff is everywhere because of social media campaigns, doesn’t mean all the good stuff is everywhere.

But, for many the base level of content recommended is good enough and so they are not forced to hunt. So the marginal win from hunting is less.

I do feel there is one way in which the claim is true - effectively unlimited bandwidth means that social networks like Soulseek just don’t hit the way they used to. One could download 100 flac albums speculatively from a seeder that has a good collection these days, instead of having to wait around (and have a reason to chat) to download the best one you can find.