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Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by mortenjorck »

wkat4242 wrote: post #207
mbb70 wrote: post #161

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The extreme personalization of the internet/modern life can lead to a feeling of isolation. I recently was on a plane with broken inflight entertainment, so all you could watch was a single movie in lock step with everyone else. When the movie ended, there was a weird sense of camaraderie; "we are all stuck in this tube and we all just sat through that mediocre movie".

You mean .. like going to the cinema?

Maybe a bit more like walking into a multiplex to discover there’s only one screen and that they’ve locked the doors behind you for the next few hours, but yes.

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by frabbit »

0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #208
pavon wrote: post #124

Recently I was thinking about how I am completely out of touch with the culture of younger generations, and was about to laugh it off cause that's how it is with every generation, but then I realized that I don't even know how I would know. In the past if you wanted to know what kids were listening to, you change the radio station to that new loud one you normally skip, or watch that new TV show that people are going…

I was talking to my younger sister (college student) the other day, and she mentioned that she and her friends are very reluctant to post their opinions online, especially under their real names. This was a bit of a surprise to me, because she volunteers for the Democrats and is openly lesbian, so I would have thought her opinions are generally a great match for the current cultural milieu. I think maybe part of the…

Suggest to her that she voices an anti-Israeli genocide position and see how she reacts to the trucks driving around with her face on them after she's doxxed. That'll make her feel better about your fear of the left.

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by [deleted] »

nuker wrote: post #189
progrus wrote: post #186

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Oh really? Which group are you? That election was about people with common sense getting one over on the brainwashed mids, obviously.

And all of those "brainwashed mids" just randomly happen to live close to cities, where housing is more expensive, meaning higher income, which means higher education levels.

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Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by [deleted] »

gpspake wrote: post #64
cbozeman wrote: post #44

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X isn't dead, nor is it dying. Elon Musk took away a bunch of people's status, people who thought they were important somebodies because some nerds in an office met them in person and/or they paid some money to get a verification mark. That's what happened. It's the election of Donald Trump all over again. One of the few people who actually understood what happened in the 2016 election - and was able to articulate it…

Who are the nebulous "elites" and are you suggesting that Musk and Trump don't belong in that number? It seems like the argument is that the sheep got one over on the _maybe_ wolves by... rallying behind a couple of _definitely_ wolves who threw on some crummy sheep costumes?

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Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by mikrotikker »

haswell wrote: post #50

Regarding "Is that trend really viral?", I also think some people have stopped assigning value to things that go viral. It's not just a question of whether or not something went viral, but whether or not I should care even if it did. People are starting to understand that engagement for the sake of it isn't necessarily desirable. The virality of something doesn't indicate its importance, just that it went viral. In s…

Totally feel you on this.

I skipped IRC but I was all over Direct Connect and attended hub LAN parties.

I loved digg, but that ended.

I was on facebook for 3 months when it came out before deciding it was toxic trash and deleting it.

I had a twitter but never understood it, never used it, seemed toxic too so deleted that.

Reddit became a hub of underhanded advertising and bad faith arguments by toxic actors, not to mention the restrictions that were applied to make it corporate friendly so that went in the bin too.

Like you, HN is one of the last places I visit, and discord is still scratching my Direct Connect itch with a few technology focused servers and people on the otherside of the world I've never met that I call friends.

The people in real life that I am close with can be found either in Signal, Telegram or over plain old SMS.

Recently my partners friend was visiting and she was on Tiktok the entire time. Sometimes spending time in her room on Tiktok rather than hanging out. She complained about Israels bombing runs, but had zero knowledge of the Oct 7 atrocities.

I really enjoy not being Algoritmically Assimilated like I see and hear many people are. Touching grass is good for us.

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by nuker »

gorwell wrote: post #217
nuker wrote: post #176

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Correction That election was about the working class finally getting one over on the managerial elite. 7 years later and you still don't understand 2016 or refuse to understand it, all while acting smug.

There was no correction in your post, it is same as what I said.

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by nitwit005 »

pavon wrote: post #124

Recently I was thinking about how I am completely out of touch with the culture of younger generations, and was about to laugh it off cause that's how it is with every generation, but then I realized that I don't even know how I would know. In the past if you wanted to know what kids were listening to, you change the radio station to that new loud one you normally skip, or watch that new TV show that people are going…

It may have been easier in the past, but most things aren't as obvious as music or fashion. Many trends often start out literally underground. How would you have found out kids were playing dungeons and dragons in their basement?

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by mikrotikker »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #29

> "Consider TikTok....Try to imagine which posts might have been most popular on the site this year. Perhaps a dispatch from the Middle East....Or maybe something lighter, like a Gen Z dance trend....Well, no: According to TikTok’s year-end report, the most popular videos in the U.S.—clips...aren’t topical at all. They include makeup tutorials, food ASMR, a woman showing off a huge house cat, and a guy spray-painting…

> According to TikTok’s year-end report, the most popular videos in the U.S.

Maybe better to wait for an independent actor to verify that (if thats even possible). It would not be in tiktoks best interests for instance to have in that list, people reading out Osama Bin Ladens letter and exclaiming him to be correct.

Re: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore

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Post by mensetmanusman »

tayo42 wrote: post #214
mensetmanusman wrote: post #206

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The person writing satire decides if it is satire regardless of how a reader's brain maps the words into thoughts.

If i found out who you were in real life, and lets say I had a big platform, and started writing "satire" about you to spreading rumors, you just have to deal with it? I can hide behind the idea I'm calling it satire with no repurcusion? Like sticking with the Halloween theme, "Mensetmanusman's neighbors are unsure if the screams are Halloween decorations, or another child locked in his basement this year" I can writ…

Yep, that's the trade off of the first amendment.
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