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The internet is a walled garden now, that desires a pound of flesh from everyone for every little thing. It is no longer an egalitarian happy place for the exc
by anoncoward111 8y ago
The internet is a walled garden now, that desires a pound of flesh from everyone for every little thing.
It is no longer an egalitarian happy place for the exchange of ideas
- Covzire 8y agoAre we absolutely sure it's the internet that has changed? I think more than anything, we have changed the most in the sense that our modern minds are encountering many times the number of ideas that previous generations did.
- Yetanfou 8y agoIt can be that place, if you want it - just stay away from the walled gardens, use free software, don't fall for the ephemeral gratification of having the newest and latest and fastest gadget. Use a PC running a free unix or a mobile device running a Google-free AOSP-derivative and you'll zip around the 'net at speeds unimaginable in 'those days'. You won't find as many 'home pages' as back then, in that sense the likes of Facebook have done real damage, true. The sheer expansion of the 'net means you'll find plenty of interest outside of the gardens anyway so instead of pining for days long past I'd suggest to gear up for the here and now and for days to come when the blight of Facebook and their ilk are nothing but bad memories.
- anoncoward111 8y agoI do all of these things. The main problem is that other people do not. Good content is hiding behind the walls. Just look at how Youtube and Spotify captured everyone's attention despite torrent infrastructure being easier and better than ever to use
- freehunter 8y agoThis is a silly notion, and almost every "Show HN" submission proves that. Anyone can stand up any website they want for free or for a very low cost and say/do anything they want. Facebook and Google are not the Internet, they're just websites same as any other.
- lumberjack 8y agoThe problem is searching through all the blogspam to find that nugget of good content.
- freehunter 8y agoCuration and discovery have been a problem with the web since day one, which is why Dogpile and Yahoo and AOL and Google became so popular.