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The Temptation to Promote 'Paid Narratives' and 'Product Marketing' (Fake 'Endorsements') in Geminispace Will Grow and It's a Risk to Gemini's Reputation or Selling Point

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Summary: We recently spotted some promotional 'plugs' in Geminispace; while it may seem indicative of growth, it does lead to potential perils and genuine concerns

THE vast majority of Gemini users/adopters (early adopters) is at least mildly technical and many choose Geminispace to escape the noise, the bloat, the spam. That spam has infiltrated everything on the Web, even videos. Even my RSS feeds are increasingly like that. Gulag Noise (Google Noise/News) and Gulag Alerts are the same. That's just what the Web has become.



Gemini isn't an extension of the Web; it's a complete replacement. But what if the same players that are corrupting the Web follow us over to Gemini? As a reminder, Microsoft has already had a go at corrupting and coopting it.

Earlier this month and last month I saw, for the first time, some 'spam' in Gemini. In fact, we added one example (annotated as such in an editorial comment) just the other day and it's right there in Daily Links. As we'd rather not name it we chose not to show it in the above video, either. But it's out there in Geminispace and we expect this issue to grow. It starts small and it can grow if ignored.

One of the problems with "going mainstream" is that you attract unwanted elements. As our associate put it this morning, "due to the text-only nature of Gemini it is of necessity focused on content and leaves the insecure or obstructive fluff aside."

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