The hollowed-out meaning of taste in the Filterworld era has something in common with the way engagement is measured by digital platforms: it’s a snap judgment predicated mostly on whether something provokes immediate like or dislike. Taste’s moral capacity, the idea that it generally leads an individual toward a better society as well as better culture, is being lost. Instead, taste amounts to a form of consumerism in which what you buy or watch is the last word on your identity and dictates your future consumption as well.
