dreaming of a better internet

I don’t know how to explain it, exactly, but when I scroll down the timeline now it feels like everyone has gotten 100 times more smug? And literal and pedantic? They always think they are dunking on someone. But on who, and to what end? It’s so weird. Everybody is like, sticking their tongues out all the time. It’s very “be careful or your face

That private platforms such as Amazon’s Twitch, Twitter and Facebook now constitute the digital equivalents to public spheres is as much a political failure as one of our collective imagination.

God, I mean, I think capitalism has infiltrated almost everything on the internet at this point. I think the reason a lot of people are spending more time in group chats and discord servers is because it's a reaction to all of this. They want spaces to express themselves that are free from algorithms and brands.

There seems to be this general dissatisfaction with the internet from users, but there doesn't seem to be any real change in making the internet more fun. Do you see it getting better?