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The Last Days of Social Media

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In this essay for Noēma, James O’Sullivan reflects on how early social media brought people on the internet together—through curiosity, connection, genuine engagement, and authentic reciprocal relationships. That period is long gone, replaced by influencers and algorithms, and now AI slop. But O’Sullivan argues that the death of social media can lead to a better web—smaller and slower platforms, private spaces with real people. “[A]s social medi…
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Longreads broke the news in on Monday, September 8, 2025.
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