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I'm old enough to remember when Twitter was new, and for a moment it felt like the old utopian promise of the Internet finally fulfilled: ordinary people would
by throwawayoldie 1y ago
I'm old enough to remember when Twitter was new, and for a moment it felt like the old utopian promise of the Internet finally fulfilled: ordinary people would be able to talk, one-on-one and unmediated, with other ordinary people across the world, and in the process we'd find out that we're all more similar than different and mainly want the same things out of life, leading to a new era of peace and empathy.
It was a nice feeling while it lasted.
- _kb 1y agoBelieve it or not, humans did in fact have forms of written language and communication prior to twitter.
- dang 1y agoCan you please make your substantive points without snark? We're trying for something a bit different here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- _kb 1y agoFair call out. The snark wasn’t intended or well placed.
- throwawayoldie 1y agoYou missed the point, but that's fine, it happens.
- tock 1y agoI believe the opposite happened. People found out that there are huge groups of people with wildly differing views on morality from them and that just encouraged more hate. I genuinely think old school facebook where people only interacted with their own private friend circles is better.
- emseetech 1y agoBroadcast networks like Twitter only make sense for influencers, celebrities and people building a brand. They're a net negative for literally anyone else. | old school facebook where people only interacted with their own private friend circles is better. 100% agree but crazy that option doesn't exist anymore.
- msgodel 1y agoWas Twitter ever really meant for that? As far as I can tell the primary purpose of twitter is moderated access to celebrities with the utopian ideas about communication just used to sell it.