Internet is Beautiful

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And for that reason I’m out.

This seems neat.

It's not just the Internet, though. There are no more gatekeepers or water coolers and everything is fed on demand. Have you noticed that TV and movie events have slowed down to a trickle? Ever found a cool show on a streaming service and found that nobody is talking about it unless you go search for some community of five people who are super into it? Nobody is playing any games and talking about them unless they're finding them through some influencer or they're just the same four big games that have dominated the market for the better part of a decade.

That's not going to revert back with something like this, I'm afraid. We've just lost the structures that got people to share in those collective moments and I'm not sure there's a way of bringing them back. On this side of the apocalypse, anyway, so maybe that'll fix itself.

Algorithms ruined the internet when Mark Suckerbug found it, and now only porn sites remain virgin.

Oh this is really cool, thank you. And welcome to lemmy (:

Maybe it's a generational thing (I'm a 50+), I don't know, but when I see a 'Buy me (something)' or a 'tip me' first thing first on the home page even before I can get any idea of what I will find on the website I'm not likely to explore further. I thought you might want to know about that, even I may be in the minority.

Just in case:

• Nope, I'm not cheap. I just want to know who and why I'm supposed to be paying a coffee to (or a pizza) before I decide I want to do it, or not to do it.
• I'm always very happy to see people trying to refocus attention toward a less corporate-owned Internet.
• I hope it was clear it's nothing personal, just my first reaction on visiting your page. I'll explore it further ;)

Oh hello! Long time no see :)

Welcome to Lemmy! Thanks for posting here!

Feels a lot more like a minefield nowadays. Good initiative.