“The platform captured all the value of those additional connections through advertising revenue, data mining, and algorithmic control. You captured none of it. Worse, your ability to actually reach people diminished as the network grew. Organic reach plummeted. The feed became pay-to-play. The very network effect that made Facebook valuable made your presence on it worthless unless you paid for visibility.” nostr:naddr1qqgxydesxqenjv3hvvmnqvf5x43ngq3q4hq5lgadtyy9dhvtszq46dnl0s0xwdddqr7e32rdqqhma8a4xhssxpqqqp65wu3ca5d