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To me this rings similar to the laments around news: "why does it always have to be bad news, can't we see the good news every once in a while?" If it didn't w
by mvkel 3y ago
To me this rings similar to the laments around news: "why does it always have to be bad news, can't we see the good news every once in a while?"
If it didn't work, we wouldn't see it.
If the only way to stop it is through the sheer willpower of a society, it just won't happen.
In my opinion, going offline has to be experientially better than staying online, not just a counter-culture pendulum swing.
- mortify 3y agoNo one needed to do much with the news. Maybe the weather needed to be semi-accurate so I knew what to wear tomorrow, but my actions rarely hinged on the 3 car pileup that happened 8 hours ago or the money embezzled from a bank that I don't do business with. People do use the Easterweb to accomplish things: find out how to fix your car, code a mobile app, or buy parts for your refrigerator. If people cannot accomplish these things, traffic and the number of useful sites will drop. The mindless fear-inducing echo chambers will always be there.