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The only way to generate a human-only net is to figure out how to remove all economical incentives from there. The “golden age of the internet” a lot of people,
by eddythompson80 1mo ago
The only way to generate a human-only net is to figure out how to remove all economical incentives from there. The “golden age of the internet” a lot of people, including myself, are nostalgic for had very very little economical incentives. I missed usenet, but I remember being active on small forums in the late 90s and early 2000s that were almost entirely passion projects. I recall a huge controversy in one forum when the guy who was maintaining it asked if it’s ok if he puts a banner ad at the top because someone was offering him $200 to advertise another forum.
Removing the economical incentives is very hard though. Even HN is gamed by many tech companies and projects. Reddit is obviously a lost cause. It’s a sad state of affairs, but I don’t think there is an alternative.
- sodapopcan 1mo agoYa, "how do we make money off this?" ruins everything, but it's inevitable. But yes, that is exactly what I liked about the internet back then: I was just browsing the crazy shit people would put online just because they thought it was cool. I'd still have to go to the store to buy stuff and see friends/people in person. I've started doing those things more again.