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Transactional Isolation as Control Plane: Social Media and the Industrialisation of Communicative Alienation

Social media platforms are usually described as communication technologies, but their deeper operational logic is closer to behavioural recurrence management. They do not optimise for resolution, understanding, repair, or psychological settlement. They optimise for continued return. That means the platform is not primarily designed to complete the user’s need, but to make the user come […]