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> This growth of the dead internet It is quite surreal to witness. It is certainly fueled by the commercialization of internet due to ads and centralization to
by rightbyte 2y ago
> This growth of the dead internet
It is quite surreal to witness. It is certainly fueled by the commercialization of internet due to ads and centralization to user hostile platforms.
The old internet seems to be doing much better. But it lost most of its users in the last 15 years...
- chongli 2y agoThe old internet seems to be doing much better. But it lost most of its users in the last 15 years.. What do you mean by this? How do you find the old internet?
- dumbmrblah 2y agoSomething Awful is a good example. Other forums behind paywalls or ones that are invite only.
- AlexandrB 2y agoEven non-paywalled forums are pretty good compared to the "open" internet.
- rightbyte 2y agoYou don't find them easely. That is the point I guess. But I am not reffering to some obscure darkweb here. Many of e.g. the old niche forums still exist. Like, FOSS sites. GNU project sites seemed not to have aged a day in 20 years, i.e. still party like its 2004. Also, I think non English sites are better off since Reddit mainly ate English communities and sites. Facebook is probably what killed most of the living internet. Small community sites. Like the local Kennel club or Boat marina. A good example of the old internet would be Matthew's Volvo site: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/search.php?search_id=active_topics https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/search.php?search_i...
- majani 2y agoYou're on it right now. HN is a very old site with old users and old mods that links to other old sites