Why Social Media Will Become a Wasteland #substack #shorts

9 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker argues that the increasing volume of AI‑generated posts, profiles, and bot‑driven conversations will turn mainstream social media platforms into a barren, impersonal space where users no longer feel they are interacting with real people. As a counterpoint, he highlights Substack as a viable refuge: a platform where genuine human creators publish newsletters and build communities around shared interests, values, and learning goals. The speaker’s bullish stance on Substack rests on its ability to foster authentic connections and purposeful discourse amid the broader AI‑driven noise.

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As we know, it is largely going to become a wasteland because the more AI-generated content and the more AI-generated profiles and more AI-generated bots or conversations that are created by bots occur within social media platforms, people are going to feel like, well, this is— I'm not talking to any human beings here. I'm not talking to people like us that do things like this, which is one of the reasons why I'm somewhat still bullish on Substack. Substack is a place that human beings go to find other human beings that are interested in the things that they're interested in, or to the human beings that can teach them the things that they want to learn. And we're— we can find people who share our values and, um, our aspirations. And so I think Substack communities remains a viable opportunity