The last bit sounds a lot like an advertisement for Lemmy ^^
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Lol, yeah, when watching that bit my mind goes “wait, that’s just forums and Fediverse”
That’s why it feels so cozy here.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/fuFlMtZmvY0
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
I mean, they’re right. The internet really IS worse than ever, and I don’t think the Dork Web (federated social media) does enough to fill the gap of Twitter at its peak ten years ago.
If you really want to play “get off my lawn,” I’d suggest that the internet is also not as good as it was in the 1990s, where just being on suggested a level of competency with technology that no longer seems to apply. Yes, the download speeds were terrible and there was no YouTube, but 1990s internet was a literary pursuit. Now, it’s largely visual, and tailor-made for short attention spans. Instead of mind-enriching, it’s mind-draining, like television.
You can still find the mind enriching parts if you look. It’s a neutral communication medium at this point, the barriers to entry just don’t really exist anymore. People use it how they will. Dumb people will use it in dumb ways. 50% of people are dumber than the average person. That’s a lot of people.
I love the stereotypes, angry Twitter, idiot Tiktok and paranoid Facebook.
