When talking about a new film that was "saved" by Jordan Peele by giving it a theatrical release, [[Broderick, Ryan]] [points out](https://www.garbageday.email/p/nothing-important-everything) that we _realize_ the way content is released signifies its quality. Films, for example, are considered higher-quality when they're given a theatrical release, rather than just being pushed into the ether of streaming. This isn't new; theatrical releases have always been considered higher-quality than, say, straight-to-VHS or -DVD properties. But since COVID, everything is expected to be released immediately onto streaming platforms, where it disappears among the sheer volume of content. As people start remembering that sometimes immediate gratification isn't great, actually, we're still not applying that logic to other forms of media. Broderick wonders: > ...maybe there are just certain forms of journalism and media, in general, that, like Patel’s, deserve a physical release when we’ve been stuffing them in the back of a CMS thinking they should compete with MrBeast videos and Reddit posts. Maybe this is how we compete with [[most of the internet is noise|the stream]] -- by removing our creations from it entirely?? ([[2025-08-25]] → The film [[peele, jordan]] saved was [[monkey man]], which was actually a really brilliant film, and I’m glad he helped get it out there. Watched months ago.) # the internet only makes one level of visibility accessible | [[2024-06-22]] --- One of the greatest benefits of the Web is how accessible its made visibility, publishing, etc. It’s significantly easier to start a business or share your art or publish your thoughts. But re-reading this, I’m realizing that’s only really applicable to one level of visibility. The internet gives the ability to put things online; that doesn’t make the *rewards* of visibility much more accessible than anything else…. Having a “platform” is not enough. Having a hard time articulating this, but, like, I wonder if that’s led to us cheapening our work? Everything we publish has the same level of importance a la [[{1.2a2} context collapse]]. Has social media trained us to devalue what we produce?