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Ya I find it interesting I feel like the nerds have been pushed aside by the mainstream. Social networks for instance were a lot better when it was just nerds.
by Gothmog69 2y ago
Ya I find it interesting I feel like the nerds have been pushed aside by the mainstream. Social networks for instance were a lot better when it was just nerds.
- ddq 2y agoNerds wield potentially vast collective bargaining power if we refused to contribute to the systems that exploit our expertise and labor for the benefit of the ownership class. We could simply drop out and support one another with all our surplus time. Easier said than done, of course, but at this point I have to dream of bold alternatives to keep myself sane. The status quo and its present trajectory are just too unthinkably broken to have faith in incrementalism while the accelerationists are punishing us for our complacency in replacing rotted, unsustainable systems.
- fullshark 2y agoGood luck with that, i'm gonna indulge in various vices to dull the cognitive dissonance and work in the machine to feed my kids.
- _cenw 2y agoNerds were required on the early internet for community building - to run IRC and TS and phpBB. These days everyone has these tools. But as with the media monopoly dying, this is not a strictly better or worse thing, it's just different. And generally I like it when we get rid of gatekeeping.
- kelseydh 2y agoThe hot people are now in charge, just like everywhere else.