Posting has power-crept into a basic skill; attention is the only scarce resource
tokenbender · x · 2026-10-26
tokenbender argues that posting has power-crept into a basic skill in the AI era, with attention now the only scarce resource.
He likens content distribution to a game meta: discover a broken strat, farm it, exploit it, and it gets quickly nerfed. He predicts a pros-vs-sweats-vs-casuals dynamic soon — 'rip playing just for fun.'
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