@manton > Economists have a word for assets that can be swapped one-for-one without loss of value: fungible. A dollar is fungible. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude is fungible.

… so is ‘content’ … in the platform’s eyes. They don’t care if it is a Joan Westerberg article or AI slop … they just need people to stick around and read, watch, share it … end of.

It’s all fungible content for there silo … like a grain of wheat in a silo .. who cares if farmer Giles’ has a problem … get new grain from the farmer next door.