Why is the Internet So Lonely?

“The web1 and web2 world both came out of social use cases. The web1 world was people wanting to chit chat on forums with like-minded, like-interested people, and the web2 world just supercharged that with social media platforms. The growth of the Internet always seems to be trending towards how we make things more social. How do we make more commu... See more

Today, we’re in web3’s Usenet era. Open protocol development, exponential user growth, compounding excitement, and — perhaps most importantly — the permeation of mainstream awareness without fully understanding it. Of course, there are many collateral impacts of this shift. The one I am focused on today is, selfishly, personal to my own experience:... See more

The Internet has fundamentally shifted. What we have forgotten, it seems, is that our behaviors on the Internet have changed, too.

Now, because of the amount of time we spend online, we don’t just have “real-life experiences.” We have digital experiences, too:  We don’t just bring friends online — we make them there.  We don’t just take photos — we take screenshots.  We don’t just buy art — we buy NFTs.  We don’t just follow celebrities — we follow digital-... See more

So — bringing us back to my original question — why is the Internet so lonely? I believe it’s because we haven’t yet found a way to meaningfully share our digital experiences.