Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
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Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#2“It is said that what is called "the spirit of an age" is something to which one cannot return. That this spirit gradually dissipates is due to the world's coming to an end. For this reason, although one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation.”
Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai via goodreads
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#3It is interesting to see that every time there has been another layer of commercialization on the internet everyone thinks it was better before.
Linking a 4chan archive on here is a uuhh bold move, I think its a fun snapshot of the time but still
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#4> > Geocitites
> Oh yes, the 90's was so much better...
Yes they were, because geocities didn't control your search results and did not force you to donate 10 seconds to some creepily targeted ad before serving any multimedia experience.
I'm not going to say technology was better, nobody misses Realmedia, but the internet was more like a street than a mall. You could look at some weird art or look at some interesting offers, it was up to you.
Now you have the illusion of autonomy in a carefully crafted walled garden of ads. Or rather: freedom is more easily found offline.
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#5The purpose of posting this may be to reiterate that old canard about "twenty years ago, people were saying what we're saying now, therefore it isn't true." If not, I apologize for assuming so. In any case, my reading is, it was true in 2007, and it is much worse now. The predictions about centralization were incorrect only in the names of some of the players, and in not having the benefit of knowing about the role of mobile devices in consolidating and controlling attention.
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#6It is interesting to see that every time there has been another layer of commercialization on the internet everyone thinks it was better before. Linking a 4chan archive on here is a uuhh bold move, I think its a fun snapshot of the time but still
I read mostly 2 web sites that look the same: HN and /pol/.
Orange, text based, almost anonymous.
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#7It is interesting to see that every time there has been another layer of commercialization on the internet everyone thinks it was better before. Linking a 4chan archive on here is a uuhh bold move, I think its a fun snapshot of the time but still
I read mostly 2 web sites that look the same: HN and /pol/. Orange, text based, almost anonymous.
But to my knowledge, no one has ever been able to triforce on HN. It's like a perpetual summer.
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#8It is interesting to see that every time there has been another layer of commercialization on the internet everyone thinks it was better before. Linking a 4chan archive on here is a uuhh bold move, I think its a fun snapshot of the time but still
I read mostly 2 web sites that look the same: HN and /pol/. Orange, text based, almost anonymous.
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Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#9> > Geocitites > Oh yes, the 90's was so much better... Yes they were, because geocities didn't control your search results and did not force you to donate 10 seconds to some creepily targeted ad before serving any multimedia experience. I'm not going to say technology was better, nobody misses Realmedia, but the internet was more like a street than a mall. You could look at some weird art or look at some interesting…
You don't remember intrusive popup ads that took over the whole screen?
Re: Have you noticed how much shit the internet has become now? (2007)
#10It is interesting to see that every time there has been another layer of commercialization on the internet everyone thinks it was better before. Linking a 4chan archive on here is a uuhh bold move, I think its a fun snapshot of the time but still
I read mostly 2 web sites that look the same: HN and /pol/. Orange, text based, almost anonymous.
/pol/ ????????
oh honey no