@hrefna Nicholas Carr coined the term “#DigitalSharecropping” back in 2006 during the initial ascendance of #SocialMedia and “Web 2.0.” https://www.roughtype.com/?p=634

Unfortunately it’s taken the recent self-immolation of a few digital plantations for folks to finally recognize how they’ve let themselves be exploited all this time without receiving any real value in return.

The censors of Instagram suspended @kristoferweston overnight. Please give him a boost, a follow, and all the Mastodon Love. Digital sharecropping on platforms owned by mark and meta means that our community will always be at risk on those platforms. #InstagramCensorship #GayKink #DigitalSharecropping #OnGuardCigarSalon #GayIsNotACrime