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I agree with a lot of what the author is saying. But they are missing a really important point. The number of people willing to make blogs or static websites ve
by city41 5y ago
I agree with a lot of what the author is saying. But they are missing a really important point. The number of people willing to make blogs or static websites versus the number of people now on the internet is staggeringly small. My Mom will gladly converse with people on Facebook. She'd never in a million years make a blog or personal website. This holds true for most people.
So wishing it all went back to "1.0" has a gatekeeping and elitist undertone in my opinion. Back then most people had personal sites because most people on the web were the type that found html interesting. Early adopters tend to be more savvy on what they are adopting.
I also think there's plenty of "1.0" content still out there. Yeah, you gotta look for it, but it didn't all go away.
- kevq 5y ago(author here) I agree - there's definitely a technical ransom to pay for hosting your own site, even with managed solutions, there's still domain names, hosting etc. to work though - it's not for everyone and I'm not claiming it is. Maybe I wasn't clear on that point, apologies if that's the case. I spoke about POSSE and using more decentralised platforms, like Mastodon. Again, they're not for everyone either, and I don't expect them to be. It would just be nice if we got a little more of web 1.0 back. :-)