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Dead Internet (2023)

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Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by soulofmischief »

gnulinux wrote: post #5
Circlecrypto2 wrote: post #2

This article expresses a common sentiment among those of us who grew up with web1. However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. This site is one of them, but there are a bunch of federated platforms out there now too that are fun to explore.

> However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. I haven't. Internet is nothing more than an addiction for me. Internet is dead and misanthropic nowadays. It's soulless and corporate. It used to be fun, artistic, creative, and educational. Now it's neither of those, with…

What are some places you miss which you feel allowed you to be creative or learn without advancing some corporate agenda?

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF »

gnulinux wrote: post #5
Circlecrypto2 wrote: post #2

This article expresses a common sentiment among those of us who grew up with web1. However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. This site is one of them, but there are a bunch of federated platforms out there now too that are fun to explore.

> However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. I haven't. Internet is nothing more than an addiction for me. Internet is dead and misanthropic nowadays. It's soulless and corporate. It used to be fun, artistic, creative, and educational. Now it's neither of those, with…

I read Reddit and HN because they're there, but Reddit hellbans any account I try to make with no email, so I can't comment, and I'm gradually moving to Mastodon.

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by CuriouslyC »

gnulinux wrote: post #5
Circlecrypto2 wrote: post #2

This article expresses a common sentiment among those of us who grew up with web1. However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. This site is one of them, but there are a bunch of federated platforms out there now too that are fun to explore.

> However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. I haven't. Internet is nothing more than an addiction for me. Internet is dead and misanthropic nowadays. It's soulless and corporate. It used to be fun, artistic, creative, and educational. Now it's neither of those, with…

Yup. I have so many fond memories of the late 90s/early 00s web, but a feeling of being bored with the internet set in around 2014/2015 and now I'm just a current events junkie.

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by alecco »

obloid wrote: post #4
Circlecrypto2 wrote: post #2

This article expresses a common sentiment among those of us who grew up with web1. However, by now I think we've found our places where the internet is still fun. There's still some forums and chat rooms that keep things interesting without the constant barrage of advertising. This site is one of them, but there are a bunch of federated platforms out there now too that are fun to explore.

Any in particular that you recommend?

Please don't. The few good forums still out there need to be protected from Eternal September. This is why a lot of people moved to things like closed Discord servers. Or some pages looking ugly and abandoned running some weird PHP forum software.

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Post by vrick »

Yhippa wrote: post #15

But wait, there's more! A lot of community and tribal knowledge is being locked away in various Discord servers.

Not to mention, poorly formatted/organized and to be randomly deleted or removed without warning with all that information lost.

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by imgabe »

captainkrtek wrote: post #3

Recently I needed to create a facebook account to join a group for some volunteer related work. I haven’t had a facebook account for probably 8 years. I knew the memes that facebook has become a bit of a wasteland but I was genuinely shocked by how bad it is. The “new account” experience is wild, having zero friends on an account just results in a torrent of spammy content. Sexist comics, AI generated garbage, just r…

My wife hadn’t had Facebook for years. She tried to make an account to use marketplace and it got immediately banned with no explanation.

I don’t know what’s going on with Facebook but I guess if you didn’t start using it 10+ years ago it’s too late now.

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Post by morkalork »

captainkrtek wrote: post #3

Recently I needed to create a facebook account to join a group for some volunteer related work. I haven’t had a facebook account for probably 8 years. I knew the memes that facebook has become a bit of a wasteland but I was genuinely shocked by how bad it is. The “new account” experience is wild, having zero friends on an account just results in a torrent of spammy content. Sexist comics, AI generated garbage, just r…

I love your username! I also had to make a fb account for work recently (after being off the platform since 2012) and even with a fake last name, work email and different phone number it managed to find and suggest as a friend: someone I went to university with _in another state_, who incidentally moved to the same city as me a few years later. There's no way they aren't maintaining shadow profiles and still accomplishing that. Aside from that, the feed is indeed an utter cesspool.

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by oersted »

buescher wrote: post #7
captainkrtek wrote: post #3

Recently I needed to create a facebook account to join a group for some volunteer related work. I haven’t had a facebook account for probably 8 years. I knew the memes that facebook has become a bit of a wasteland but I was genuinely shocked by how bad it is. The “new account” experience is wild, having zero friends on an account just results in a torrent of spammy content. Sexist comics, AI generated garbage, just r…

Try youtube without an account or history. Even worse, on the smart tv in a hotel room.

Yeah it's a MrBeast-esque hellscape

Re: Dead Internet (2023)

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Post by efields »

Michael Sayman, the creator of SocialAI, said it best on a recent episode of The Vergecast. "We used to talk _through_ the Internet. Now we talk _to_ the Internet."

The host was as taken by the sentiment as I was. It's so succinct.

I gotta say, the episode got me to try SocialAI — literally "what if twitter was just bots". And it's like yeah — this is what we've made. This is indistinguishable from modern twitter. It's a great place to talk into the void. The fact that we've made social media a pillar of modern society… idk. Hate it.

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