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The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again
Mostly, though, I’ve had the sense that the Internet is in a state of limbo, suspended between the remains of an aging, broken system and the nebulous beginnings of a new one. One of the Internet’s best qualities remains that anyone can start over, at any time, with a blank Web site, and create whatever they want.
Kyle Chayka • Coming of Age at the Dawn of the Social Internet | The New Yorker
It is worth remembering that the internet wasn't supposed to be like this. It wasn't supposed to be six boring men with too much money creating spaces that no one likes but everyone is forced to use because those men have driven every other form of online existence into the ground. The internet was supposed to have pockets, to have enchanting fores
... See moreKelsey McKinney • The Internet Isn't Meant To Be So Small | Defector
what do I say? That the internet is to the USA what the Americas once were to the UK—a frontier territory, where all the action is. That just as the Western frontier once gave rise to an American pioneer class, the internet frontier has given rise to a global technology class. That this class is not defined by inherited wealth (many are born poor i
... See moreEric Jorgenson • The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi
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