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I still use email and RSS.

If you want to read blogs and minor websites, maybe check out kagis "small web" index (this is free access I believe): https://kagi.com/smallweb

The real web is still there, and probably has as many users as it did 25 years ago, but the average person doesn't use it. Remember the average person didn't use the internet much at all 25 years ago.

One thing I want to do is try to create a space for family to hang out. Self-hosted. No concerns about data mining or trolls, just a personal space for us.

They don't have to use it but starting from the right group, I think they will, many of them perhaps only because it will become the only place to see photos of our kids. Just need the right platform.

This might be the depressing answer, but: nothing.

Most people want a fun (=addictive), nice looking, free (=no cost to them), easy to use web.

And the current internet will always outperform the old one. Ads generate revenue and allow companies to fund development costs, hosting costs and optimize their page for search engines better than individuals.

You, personally, can use platforms that mimick the old web, just like you're doing right now.
But if this is what most people wanted and cared about, Reddit and Twitter would long be dead and the Fediverse big and thriving.

Bring back Tom!

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