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[raylad]

This was tried: Odeo was more or less this, and it became Twitter because people preferred text.

[spencerchubb → raylad]

and now my Twitter feed is dominated by video

maybe it was a matter of cost. over time the cost of storage has gone down, and people are more engaged by richer forms of media. video > photo > text

[btbuildem → spencerchubb]

Or people are increasingly illiterate / disengaged. Video is a medium that requires minimum effort to consume.

[spencerchubb → btbuildem]

your word choice sounds quite negative: illiterate, disengaged, minimum effort

why is it a bad thing to consume media that best aligns with how humans perceive information?

[SketchySeaBeast → btbuildem]

Seems chicken and egg to me.