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I think you re making the argument that people should stick to the mainstream of every medium (in this case the internet) because it's easy. That's why i called
by seydor 4y ago
I think you re making the argument that people should stick to the mainstream of every medium (in this case the internet) because it's easy. That's why i called it lazy. I 'm not saying it's bad, but people shouldn't complain that everything looks alike, when they literally only stick to things that are alike
forums are just as hard to find today, as they were before. In fact many of them are back in the places where they used to be, it's just people have forgot about them because they chose to sell their attention elsewhere
- borski 4y agoI’m not saying they should stick to the mainstream, but I’m saying that a majority will. What has changed isn’t most people’s behavior, but the internet around them, and I’m arguing it’s changed for the worse.
- seydor 4y agono, really people's behavior has changed. Did you care about your online profile in 2002 (if you were around?). Now people primarily care about how they are seen online The internet is in a feedback loop that both facilitated and is facilitated by this change.
- borski 4y agoBeen around the internet for a very very long time :) And sure, people absolutely cared. That’s why AIM profiles were a thing, and why people were so excited when they could build web pages easily with Frontpage or Dreamweaver or with Angelfire or Geocities, etc. What’s changed is arguably that it is less acceptable to be anonymous now, but the concept of wanting to share and be seen is not new.
- seydor 4y agoit feels very different. back then my 'profiles' were avatars, virtual personas, and people were careful to never dox themselves. Now the proportions are reversed