Beyond Selidor

It's not too hostile at all — I hate that kind of lazy comparative criticism as well. If you can't explain why a piece of media succeeds by describing what that media tried to do, and how well it managed to achieve it — without reference to another work of media to which you compare it unfavourably — in my opinion, you've done a poor job of reviewing it.

(The problem is that I like the parts of her essay that I agree with, so I felt compelled to share it anyway.)

That seems especially true re your Instagram experience.


I feel like this is being too generous — guarding my own sanity in the face of all this nonsense is the lazy way out, and I wish I were better equiped to actually push back against the endless tide of mis- and disinformation I see everywhere, rather than just hiding from it. But thank you.