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As a User of the Internet since the 1990s: The Internet is crumbling – and it will only get worse
by sschueller 6y ago
As a User of the Internet since the 1990s:
The Internet is crumbling – and it will only get worse
- immigrantsheep 6y agoI've been feeling the same lately
- ggm 6y ago"Usenet is dying: news at eleven" -pretty much since 1985
- Uhrheber 6y agoBefore the Internet, there was Fidonet, and before that, there were mailboxes. And you know what? All that shoot that's going on today was already happening back then: Shitstorms, Bullying, Doxxing, it all happened. Only that it was a small community of nerds, with no celebrities, politicians and influencers, so all it was was a storm in a teacup, that could easily be ignored. So when 'Social' Media appeared, I instantly knew that this was a bad idea, and never used it. I did indeed try Mastodon a few years back, and found it to be the same pile of steaming manure that I had expected. The solution? Except better education, I don't have one. I keep to small communities of decent people with the same interests, and that's it for me.
- onion2k 6y agoI've also been using the net since the 90s, and I can confirm that it has been getting worse since then.
- rkangel 6y agoThe author is talking about a specific corner of the internet, and specific corners of the internet have died death after death. Everyone knows the classic examples - MySpace, Digg, Slashdot.