What Anil Dash thinks about Addiction

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Technologist and writer, a blogger since 1999, formerly chief executive of Glitch and a board member of the Data & Society Research Institute. His 2012 essay "The Web We Lost" is one of the founding texts of the argument that the open web has been enclosed.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Anil Dash has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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21 Aug 2026

Our readingStigma changes what people admit to rather than what they do: they keep using the platform and simply get quieter about it.

Their wordsPeople being embarrassed or ashamed while still using the technology does not bother the authoritarian owners of those platforms in the least, as long as they’re profiting off of those ashamed users.

↗Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AIanildash.com 1st of 3 in this piece
21 Aug 2026

Our readingShaming people out of using a harmful technology does not work, because the companies selling it have already priced the stigma into their plans.

Silicon Valley

Their wordsIn short, the venture capitalists and CEOs of Silicon Valley have priced the costs of shame into their business plans.

↗Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AIanildash.com 2nd of 3 in this piece