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Getting a lot of nostalgia as well ... for most people, social media has 100% replace the "need" for maintaining their own individual blog. They can post their
by CodeCube 9y ago
Getting a lot of nostalgia as well ... for most people, social media has 100% replace the "need" for maintaining their own individual blog. They can post their thoughts to facebook well enough, and their friend list (when shared) essentially functions as their blogroll ... you can see who anyone follows on twitter, and (when allowed) on FB, so you can traipse through an interesting person's friend list and see what else you can find.
That's in no way excusing the state of affairs. As I mentioned, I fully agree that _something_ has been lost since those halcyon days. The blogs that existed (there was definitely a higher barrier to entry than opening a social media account) each went their own individually quirky ways (at least, until the staggering conformity of everyone using blog engines like Wordpress (<3 ya WP, but you made the world bland)). It was great when a contributor had their own little corner, and would actively customize it (in much more interesting ways than the MySpace pages of yore).
- api 9y agoA major barrier is the hassle of maintaining and updating your own server, or alternately the restrictions and awful UX of most shared hosting. Shared hosting is generally overpriced too.
- conductr 9y agoBut I think that’s what made it better. Only people with something to say would jump through the hoops. Now anyone and everyone shares their opinions on everything and it’s just a ton of noise. I really think it’s ruining society in some way (social media)
- CodeCube 9y agoI'll suggest that there's a delicate dance to be had here ... you're right, anyone willing to go through setting up and managing their own server, will probably have "more to say", and dedicate more time and effort to doing so. It's not a bad thing that social media brings down the barriers to sharing your thoughts ... what's bad is how those same platforms have, over time, gone above and beyond in measures to keep you on their site and stop you from actually clicking on the link and visiting the other site
- api 9y agoI don't think IT expertise necessarily correlates (either way) with something worthwhile to say about politics, economics, or art.
- mistermann 9y ago> They can post their thoughts to facebook well enough I don't know if Americans are this much different than Canadians, but I have 200+ FB "friends" and outside of the occasional complaining about various social injustices, no one ever posts anything of substance, I have a strong feeling that most people would consider it weird.
- CodeCube 9y agoI've been hiding any page that anyone shares: memes, animals, jokes, fails, vines, overly-partisan political, bad pop-science ("OMG look at this projector in a wristband that lets you use your iPhone in the tub!"), stupid "quizzes" that prove you're a genius, ad nauseum -- all the garbage that swamps one's FB feeds -- for the last few weeks. It's improved the quality of my feed dramatically! People do post things, it's just that you never see it because shares are so highly prioritized in the feed (anecdotal, but that's how it seems).