Watching this… transition (really wish it was a death) of Web 2.0 or whatever we call the 10’s era of internet is really interesting. I disengaged from everything Social Media aside from a highly curated reddit feed (RIP BaconReader) about 7 or so years ago and it was a huge change in my mental health. I know, I know, still a social platform, but, c’mon, cut out the frontpage and just build good metas and the communities were great
Since then I’ve had moments where I’m advocating others do the same, at the detriment of sounding like a madman on occasion, just for their own sanity and space to think and breath through a situation.
Anyways, here I am on a new social media platform celebrating the death of forced engagement and yet, Lemmy feels like the web I grew up on. The BBSes and forums.
The author brings up a lot of great points and they seem pretty salient. I just am left wondering what it looks like now that the bills are due.
Can we get back to individual websites? Can I have a few dope blogs I hit up a few times a week? Can we resurrect stumbleupon? I hope so.
The jaded feeling I get every time I see a family member or friend or even stranger becomes radicalized by blatant falsehoods they find while “doing some research” is painful. This isn’t the web I know and it’s certainly not the one we need.
Watching this… transition (really wish it was a death) of Web 2.0 or whatever we call the 10’s era of internet is really interesting. I disengaged from everything Social Media aside from a highly curated reddit feed (RIP BaconReader) about 7 or so years ago and it was a huge change in my mental health. I know, I know, still a social platform, but, c’mon, cut out the frontpage and just build good metas and the communities were great
Since then I’ve had moments where I’m advocating others do the same, at the detriment of sounding like a madman on occasion, just for their own sanity and space to think and breath through a situation.
Anyways, here I am on a new social media platform celebrating the death of forced engagement and yet, Lemmy feels like the web I grew up on. The BBSes and forums.
The author brings up a lot of great points and they seem pretty salient. I just am left wondering what it looks like now that the bills are due.
Can we get back to individual websites? Can I have a few dope blogs I hit up a few times a week? Can we resurrect stumbleupon? I hope so.
The jaded feeling I get every time I see a family member or friend or even stranger becomes radicalized by blatant falsehoods they find while “doing some research” is painful. This isn’t the web I know and it’s certainly not the one we need.