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https://glitch.com/ https://glitch.com/ is kind of like this. Back in the 90s, however, things were a lot more decentralized. Now people make something in Minec
by sumy23 4y ago
https://glitch.com/ https://glitch.com/ is kind of like this. Back in the 90s, however, things were a lot more decentralized. Now people make something in Minecraft or make a video for TikTok when they want to have a little creative expression. Creativity has been co-opted by corps.
- hkt 4y ago> Creativity has been co-opted by corps. It was in the 90s too, they were just slightly less skilled at it.
- lolinder 4y ago> Creativity has been co-opted by corps. GeoCities was a "corp" that was eventually purchased by Yahoo for >$3B. That the new corps provide creativity through a non-HTML means doesn't make them more corp-y.
- sumy23 4y agoThere is a big difference between a host (GeoCities) and a platform with network effects (TikTok). In the 90's, you could use GeoCities, or use any other host and be on a level playing field. Today, if you don't use TikTok (or YouTube), no one will see your content.
- bombcar 4y agoMore importantly the "Creativity" is expressed in different ways now - in the 90s if you wanted to make a "splash" you learned HTML; today you might learn video editing toolchains to post in-joke videos to Youtube or something. Creativity finds a way - but the companies continue to make it simpler so you do NOT require or have to learn specialized domain knowledge to express what you want to. A similar process happened with cars; the original automobiles needed even the driver to be relatively well-versed in how they worked (or have mechanics on call at basically all times) to now where they'll run 100k miles with very basic maintenance.