dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
Sometime since the rise of recommendation algorithms, social media became a little... cacophonous. Every page refresh serves you new and personalised content on a silver platter, just for you. Although, many people seem to be growing tired of this constant flow of information. In 2024, I began a video series, Corners of the Internet, sharing... See more
Matthew Prebeg • “A quiet shift is taking place”: On being a creative in the age of content
the digital spaces we want
campfire.we-b.site
if aliens ever land,
we'll board their ship
and discover that they have
a better internet
than we do.
we'll board their ship
and discover that they have
a better internet
than we do.
Spencer Kelly • 🚀✨
As builders of a new digital society, we must be equipped with an even more inclusive and visionary concept of what "public" and "good" can mean.
Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
So, despite Sullivan’s claims to the contrary, the Internet has sucked for me in the last 10 years. Not only because I was forced to create content in a way that pleases their many rules, but because I have to compete with SEO-optimized garbage fuelled by people with deep pockets and desires for deep pockets.
However, this year, I regained more joy... See more
However, this year, I regained more joy... See more
Elizabeth TaiIn Essays • Is the Internet really broken?
SEO-optimized anything needs to go away. Ads are dead. What is the new model?
The bigger question is, How do we fix the Internet for the ordinary person?
The big wigs don’t seem to want to answer that question thoroughly, perhaps because there’s no big money in this, so people have been trying to find solutions on their own.
The big wigs don’t seem to want to answer that question thoroughly, perhaps because there’s no big money in this, so people have been trying to find solutions on their own.
Elizabeth TaiIn Essays • Is the Internet really broken?
I myself write online of course and I will continue to do so but save for this essay, this latest contribution to the thousands of terabytes of jeremiads that festoon the worldwide web, I don’t have much to say about our online world anymore. I’m tired of it. Half an hour or so a day is ample time to catch up with my online community of people and... See more