Attention extraction reaches people before they can reach their communities

Evidence

The attention frackers care nothing for boundaries. They care about money. And they need your eyeballs, because that’s what they squeeze in their presses. The cash trickles into their vats. Even if you’d really like to get out to meet with your people, the attention economy is getting to you first. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 299

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Social networks disguised attention capture beneath promises of connection. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 973