General cultural ossification: caused by widespread recording and information technology devices.
Cultural splintering: things change so fast nowadays that there simply isn’t time for new symbols to catch on before they’re replaced by even newer symbols (and culture is also so fragmented that there isn’t really a single power center that can take over).
Standardization: now that symbols tend to be standard across international communities, changing things might require a LOT of coordination.
Low hanging fruit has already been plucked: potential improvements (if they exist at all) might be minor and not worth overhauling already-standardized systems.
Symbols are still developing: how long has the like button been around? Or the karma system? Maybe we’ll keep innovating our symbology as new needs arise.
Some conjectures:
General cultural ossification: caused by widespread recording and information technology devices.
Cultural splintering: things change so fast nowadays that there simply isn’t time for new symbols to catch on before they’re replaced by even newer symbols (and culture is also so fragmented that there isn’t really a single power center that can take over).
Standardization: now that symbols tend to be standard across international communities, changing things might require a LOT of coordination.
Low hanging fruit has already been plucked: potential improvements (if they exist at all) might be minor and not worth overhauling already-standardized systems.
Symbols are still developing: how long has the like button been around? Or the karma system? Maybe we’ll keep innovating our symbology as new needs arise.