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> the internet is fun again My opinion is, things happened on the Internet are mostly the reflections of what happened in the real world, +amplified. You got p
by nirui 5y ago
> the internet is fun again
My opinion is, things happened on the Internet are mostly the reflections of what happened in the real world, +amplified. You got people from all the corners and they all got different backgrounds. The common is probably that they know how to buy reliable&comfortable keyboards.
During the years, in China, Chinese companies has developed some sophisticated strategies to allow them to grow and sometimes thrive under the rules that should have killed them. One of such strategy is to provide only fun and nothing else.
Imagine one day, George Carlin come back to life, expect this time, he only tells fun jokes, jokes makes nobody angry, jokes that only generate laugh. Of course it will be pleasant, even become a "place to escape to".
I believe the word here is tittytainment (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tittytainment https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tittytainment).
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Of course, platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook has problems of their own. Those big techs are trying to do something that they are completely incapable of while trying to make money out of it. Moderating is hard, they just can't do it, even with their discriminating stupid ideas such as keyword scanning and profile rating.
I have this feeling, that is in the future, the Internet will become circlized -- Communities will be small, specific and private, just like those in the real world.
Of course, few "Town Squares" will still exist, where talks there probably remain toxic.
- mrtksn 5y agoThe fun I mean isn’t only about entertaining me to death, there are plenty of thought provoking creators too. History, cosmology, math, philosophy - TikTok has it all.