It's pretty interesting how the author attempts to tie gentrification, caused by real life constraints like supply+demand, to a corporate-backed internet mono culture.
It's kind of a stretch since one of the causes of real-life gentrification is protections for existing stakeholders, the lack of change/adaptation(Friendster -> myspace -> FB for example), and an inherent lack of supply(whereas on the internet there's a near infinite).
I'm not sure whether you can call this gentrification or rather the internet being less of a niche sub culture + more mainstream or just attribute it to a human tendency to self-segregate/put ourselves in our own bubbles.
Tbh, internet n/yimbyism doesn't really have too many effects besides sanitization of content. Other message boards have names for it like noob or a popular one where the word start with "old" or "new' after all.
It's kind of a stretch since one of the causes of real-life gentrification is protections for existing stakeholders, the lack of change/adaptation(Friendster -> myspace -> FB for example), and an inherent lack of supply(whereas on the internet there's a near infinite).
I'm not sure whether you can call this gentrification or rather the internet being less of a niche sub culture + more mainstream or just attribute it to a human tendency to self-segregate/put ourselves in our own bubbles.
Tbh, internet n/yimbyism doesn't really have too many effects besides sanitization of content. Other message boards have names for it like noob or a popular one where the word start with "old" or "new' after all.