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minus-squarenormalexit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoI miss the old days of people making niche websites for their hobbies, their own blogs, and message boards. So many people think of the Internet as Google, Meta, Netflix, or <favorite social network here>. That makes me sad. I don’t see a way back to a less commercialized internet, but little pockets of goodness like Lemmy make me happy.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoThe thing that I’ve repeated more than anything else the past 5-10 years: I miss websites. [Edit] ok second most. I think I’ve said “RELEASE THE LIST” at least twice as much.
I miss the old days of people making niche websites for their hobbies, their own blogs, and message boards.
So many people think of the Internet as Google, Meta, Netflix, or <favorite social network here>. That makes me sad.
I don’t see a way back to a less commercialized internet, but little pockets of goodness like Lemmy make me happy.
The thing that I’ve repeated more than anything else the past 5-10 years:
I miss websites.
[Edit] ok second most. I think I’ve said “RELEASE THE LIST” at least twice as much.