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Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by ShteiLoups »

dencodev wrote: post #84
notJim wrote: post #5

I generally agree. I've taken to appending "reddit" to many of my search queries, because flawed though it is, reddit is one of the few places you can read an actual human thought. It feels like nearly all content on the internet is some de-personalized corporate "content marketing" blog at this point. Just give us your email address and we'll send you a PDF (and a drip marketing campaign.) I think the old internet w…

I miss the "discussion" filter that Google used to have. For a while it still worked if you added a parameter to the URL. Now it's often difficult to impossible to search for stuff without 99% blog spam.

What's the difference between blogs and hobbyist sites though?

A defined purpose? monitization?

I suppose it would be a hard fight to get google to specifically favour non-adsensed sites.

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by chipperyman573 »

snaky wrote: post #98
notJim wrote: post #5

I generally agree. I've taken to appending "reddit" to many of my search queries, because flawed though it is, reddit is one of the few places you can read an actual human thought. It feels like nearly all content on the internet is some de-personalized corporate "content marketing" blog at this point. Just give us your email address and we'll send you a PDF (and a drip marketing campaign.) I think the old internet w…

Web forums are really big part of modern Internet, reddit is just the one of them.

In the classic web forum sense? Culture and all? I haven't been able to find any (but also I haven't looked very hard in the last 2-3 years). How are you finding out, just word of mouth?

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by [deleted] »

ethagnawl wrote: post #117

I generally agree with the author's sentiment regarding "the Old Internet". However, using "voat" and "thank goodness" in the same breath raised a red flag for me about the author and their motives. They mentioned being kicked off raddle.me for posting links to their site (the one that's currently linked to on the top of the HN homepage); maybe that was with good reason and not a result of gatekeeping? For example, f…

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Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by aaronax »

solarkraft wrote: post #61
zozbot234 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IPFS solves this. You only need to host an index of the content, plus the "seed" copy, for anyone else to download and mirror as they please.

I'm guessing this is being downvoted because after all, for unpopular stuff, you're still going to be the one hosting your content.

If it is unpopular, then the resources required to host the content are manageable.

If it is popular, the IPFS users seed it to each other so your load is still manageable.

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by nine_k »

ShteiLoups wrote: post #121
dencodev wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I miss the "discussion" filter that Google used to have. For a while it still worked if you added a parameter to the URL. Now it's often difficult to impossible to search for stuff without 99% blog spam.

What's the difference between blogs and hobbyist sites though? A defined purpose? monitization? I suppose it would be a hard fight to get google to specifically favour non-adsensed sites.

The intent.

A desire to express an opinion vs an attempt to lure you to buy something while telling you banalities about the topic.

Forums mostly see the latter as spam and evict.

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by tryptophan »

solarkraft wrote: post #61
zozbot234 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IPFS solves this. You only need to host an index of the content, plus the "seed" copy, for anyone else to download and mirror as they please.

I'm guessing this is being downvoted because after all, for unpopular stuff, you're still going to be the one hosting your content.

But wouldn't it solve the problem of your server exploding during your sites 15 minutes of fame? So many users at once could use the P2P of IPFS and take load off the server.

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by greggman2 »

notJim wrote: post #5

I generally agree. I've taken to appending "reddit" to many of my search queries, because flawed though it is, reddit is one of the few places you can read an actual human thought. It feels like nearly all content on the internet is some de-personalized corporate "content marketing" blog at this point. Just give us your email address and we'll send you a PDF (and a drip marketing campaign.) I think the old internet w…

where are you looking on Reddit? I find crickets for every topic I look for.

Re: I Miss the Old Internet

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Post by greggman2 »

ghostpepper wrote: post #34
JohnFen wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you not find Reddit to be a bit of a cesspool? I tend to avoid it for that reason, but how true it is probably depends on which subreddit(s) we're talking about.

The nice thing about google is that it cuts across all subreddits, so if you're looking for something specific there's a good chance you'll find a real, honest opinion about it.

not my experience. I Google "Reddit" plus any podcast I listen to (all popular podcasts) and find little to no discussion. none is more common than little.
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