What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet
In Creating Anonymous Summaries, AI Flattens Out All the Fascinating Architecture of Thought That Makes the Internet Hum
Collin Jenningsaeon.co
the internet, as we have known it, has evolved from a quaint, quirky place to a social utopia, and then to an algorithmic reality. In this reality, the primary task of these platforms is not about idealism or even entertainment — it is about extracting as much revenue as possible from human vanity, avarice, and narcissism.
Social Internet Is Dead. Get Over It.
Unlike an HTML website where you can right click on the background and select “View Page Source” to review every creative decision, what we see on social media is powered by vastly complex “black box” algorithms. For New Yorker contributing editor Kyle Chayka, the appeal of the early-internet aesthetic is its contrast with the “repetitive tem... See more
New_ Public • 💾 Why we’re nostalgic for the early web
This isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s a real problem. When the internet becomes dominated by AI, we lose the human touch that makes it special. Soon, the most common content online could be artificial, and the internet could feel like a world of endless copies and fakes.
Jerry • AI Is Quietly Destroying the Internet!
Once upon a time, the Internet was predicated on user-generated content. The hope was that ordinary people would take advantage of the Web’s low barrier for publishing to post great things, motivated simply by the joy of open communication. But then ad sales came into play.
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today. Rev... See more
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today. Rev... See more
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
social media has created a mass ability to publish images and curate them. On Tumblr and Pinterest and Are.na, you can group images into categories and comment on them. Through cheaper, consumer-grade media production tools, ideas once restricted to the underground or the zine now have glossy indie magazines, self-burnt mixtapes, and dozens of dedi
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