The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith The internet wants to be fragmented
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The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith The internet wants to be fragmented
From a business perspective, this centralization was a natural extension of the early internet — people were getting more connected, so just connect them even more . Why have everyone make their own websites when everyone’s homepage could just be their Facebook page? Why try to track people down in IRC chat rooms when you could just talk to
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the mainnet turns into a slop of “for anyone” consumer trends and long Twitter battles with bots, but the place where culture actually happens is hidden and so fragmented that it can’t help but create strong divergences between people.