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● [1]Manton Reece
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[2]About [3]Photos [4]Videos [5]Archive [6]30 days [7]90 parks [8]Replies [9]
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Reading [10]Search [11]Also on Micro.blog
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Velocity and authenticity
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[12]Jan 21, 2026
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When I read a blog post I love, I usually find my favorite part of it to quote
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in a short post on my own blog. Sometimes I can’t find a single excerpt that
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fits, so I turn it into a full blog post and add more commentary. Such is the
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case with [13]this fantastic essay by Om Malik:
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What matters now is how fast something moves through the network: how
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quickly it is clicked, shared, quoted, replied to, remixed, and replaced.
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In a system tuned for speed, authority is ornamental. The network rewards
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motion first and judgment later, if ever. Perhaps that’s why you feel you
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can’t discern between truths, half-truths, and lies.
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Om doesn’t focus on ad-based platforms, but I think the incentives are similar.
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Meta is fine with rushing us through an algorithmic feed because there is no
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end. The more engaged we are, the more ads we see.
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We built systems that reward acceleration, then act surprised when
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everything feels rushed, shallow, and slightly manic. People do what the
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network rewards. Writers write for the feed. Photographers shoot for the
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scroll. Newsrooms frame stories as conflict because conflict travels faster
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than nuance.
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We should slow down in 2026. Take more time to read longer posts. Full stories,
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not headlines. This is why when I cancelled all of my news subscriptions, I
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kept only The New Yorker. Longer, thoughtful posts that I read once a week
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instead of all the time.
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AI will bring us infinite content, with a velocity that humans can’t match. It
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will be noise, overwhelming. Then we will become numb to it. The only antidote
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is authenticity. Knowing that what you’re reading is coming from a real human
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with their own perspective, their own strengths and flaws, because you’ve
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followed them for years.
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[14]Also on Bluesky [15] [3]
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Manton Reece [16]@manton
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• [17]RSS
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• [18]JSON Feed
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• [19]Surprise me!
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• [20]Tweets
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References:
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[1] https://www.manton.org/
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[2] https://www.manton.org/about/
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[3] https://www.manton.org/photos/
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[4] https://www.manton.org/videos/
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[5] https://www.manton.org/archive/
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[6] https://www.manton.org/30-days/
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[7] https://www.manton.org/90-parks/
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[8] https://www.manton.org/replies/
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[9] https://www.manton.org/reading/
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[10] https://www.manton.org/search/
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[11] https://micro.blog/manton
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[12] https://www.manton.org/2026/01/21/velocity-and-authenticity.html
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[13] https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/
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[14] at://did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxsfazjmv2m
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[15] https://www.manton.org/
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[16] https://micro.blog/manton
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[17] https://www.manton.org/feed.xml
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[18] https://www.manton.org/feed.json
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[19] https://www.manton.org/surprise-me/
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[20] https://www.manton.org/tweets/
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