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The web is slowly being killed. The culprit? Capitalism. Sorry, not sorry. Use Gemini, search with Marginalia, socialise with real people and reach your commun
by hkt 3y ago
The web is slowly being killed. The culprit? Capitalism.
Sorry, not sorry. Use Gemini, search with Marginalia, socialise with real people and reach your communities with email.
- rpastuszak 3y ago> [...] and reach your communities with email. "office hours" / calls with random people where they can ask for advice, talk about their ideas (or just rant!) worked pretty well for me: https://sonnet.io/posts/hi https://sonnet.io/posts/hi
- hkt 3y agoThis is fantastic and I may just take you up on it if you're still doing it!
- rpastuszak 3y agoyeah, I've spoken to +100 people so far this way. Come and say hi! :)
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago> socialise with real people I have some real-life, non-internet-based hobbies for which I come together with other people. All the rest of those people frequently talk about social media, online influencers, DRM-controlled streaming, and WhatsApp groups, and I’m the weirdo because I don’t follow any of that. In fact, it is socializing with real people that convinces me that the world will just go along with tech companies’ nefarious plans, and ultimately it may no longer be very feasible for us nerds to just drop out.
- grrdotcloud 3y agoMy real friends use group text. Nothing fancy. Real names. Real numbers. No data collection. No cost. Memes flow. Links get posted. All is just a setup for the next IRL meeting. I found the end of the internet in '99. This is the last few sites that have a low bot ratio.