dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
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?
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I think there is a mental health crisis amongst both journalists and artists, and I think that ad driven platform capitalism is largely responsible
Mat Dryhursttwitter.comour internet is bad for mental health. everyone feels this but, individuated, we comply for fear of retribution.
the practices that gave our lives purpose and meaning have been all but obliterated in search of attention
Large parasocial platforms transformed the internet into a hostile and impersonal place. They feed our FOMO to keep us clicking. They exaggerate our differences for "engagement". They create engines for stardom to keep us creeping. They bait us into nutritionless and sensationalist content. Humanity cannot subsist on hype alone.
Small and sincere... See more
Small and sincere... See more
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