• normalexit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      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.

  • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    First name choice was “The internet”

    Second name choice was “The pornography machine”

    They have forgotten our provenance and purpose. There is no pornography sullying out social media. There is social media sullying our pornography.