The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by ernestosoo » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 6:13 PM UTC

The Death of the Cyberflâneur
nytimes.com

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

#2

Post by GuiA » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 6:38 PM UTC

Link to the article mentioned in the opening: http://www.ceramicstoday.com/articles/050498.htm

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

#3

Post by alva » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 6:54 PM UTC

The joys of the world wild west are still out there for curious surfers. Admittedly it does require a lot more effort, especially for a younger generation who may not remember what the early web is like and how you would traverse it. I still get a thrill finding 'hidden' communities on the internet.

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by monknomo » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 6:58 PM UTC

alva wrote: post #3

The joys of the world wild west are still out there for curious surfers. Admittedly it does require a lot more effort, especially for a younger generation who may not remember what the early web is like and how you would traverse it. I still get a thrill finding 'hidden' communities on the internet.

I'm a fan of finding odd corners on the 'net, what's your technique?

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by panglott » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 6:58 PM UTC

I thought this is what they did on Geocities. But don't people still do that on Tumblr?

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by gumby » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 7:05 PM UTC

But isn't that what FB browsing is? Internet "surfing"? Getting stuck in a Wikipedia rabbit hole?

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by throwawayReply » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 7:06 PM UTC

monknomo wrote: post #4

alva wrote: post #3

The joys of the world wild west are still out there for curious surfers. Admittedly it does require a lot more effort, especially for a younger generation who may not remember what the early web is like and how you would traverse it. I still get a thrill finding 'hidden' communities on the internet.

I'm a fan of finding odd corners on the 'net, what's your technique?

Data-mining reddit is often a good start.

reddit serves some very narrow niches and outlinks to some very curious places.

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by elbigbad » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 7:18 PM UTC

throwawayReply wrote: post #7

monknomo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a fan of finding odd corners on the 'net, what's your technique?

Data-mining reddit is often a good start. reddit serves some very narrow niches and outlinks to some very curious places.

Can you give an example of one of these curious places? Now I'm curious...

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by jontas » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 7:19 PM UTC

elbigbad wrote: post #8

throwawayReply wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Data-mining reddit is often a good start. reddit serves some very narrow niches and outlinks to some very curious places.

Can you give an example of one of these curious places? Now I'm curious...

I like this one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/internetisbeautiful

Re: The Death of the Cyberflâneur

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Post by throwawayReply » Tue, Sep 13, 2016, 7:24 PM UTC

jontas wrote: post #9

elbigbad wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you give an example of one of these curious places? Now I'm curious...

I like this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/internetisbeautiful

That's one of the default subs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/defaults/comments/4l3svc/list_of_de...