dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
People want to use social media to meet other people—not to win the social analytics game. No one cares how many people you matched with on Tinder. No one cares how many followers you have on Twitter. Did you find love? Did you find sex? Did you find a friend? These are the questions that matter.
Sean Monahan • The Tinderization of the Internet
We want to create a space which is much more creatively charged. We want Tumblr to be like going to a music show or a museum. You’re going to see some stuff that you haven’t seen before, you’re going to discover new stuff, and you’re also going to leave creatively charged. That’s not a mindset which is as conducive to advertising, but I do think
... See moreMatt Mullenweg • How to buy a social network, with Tumblr CEO Matt Mullenweg
and it's obvious -
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
that we all like computers,
- a lot -
in a super-creepy way,
and it is not a phase.
it's something that's really happening,
and it's going to continue.
and we can't stop.
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I know this is going to make me sound old – but I miss the internet.
The real internet. The one we used to have. Before it all got so much less – and somehow so much more – complicated.
The real internet. The one we used to have. Before it all got so much less – and somehow so much more – complicated.
I Miss the Internet.
Decline of organic user engagement on Twitter due to fear, harassment, and rising content professionalization creating barriers to posting
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You've been blogging a little bit. You mentioned at one point I assume you were there and saw it a deck that got passed around on Twitter Yeah pre Pre saying no one posting anymore The number of people posting is declining and declining and the theory was by 2030 if this trend continues there will be no new user-generated content. It was
... See moreMaybe the goal is not _the _New Internet, but a series of internets that live alongside a more mainstream, lackluster counterpart. As opposed to a monolithic archipelago these internets could be thought of as autonomous island nations that users jump between. Some of these islands will provide things that others can't. Some will have trade lines... See more
Bryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
“if we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.”*
Annika Hansteen-Izora • On Digital Gardens: Tending to Our Collective Multiplicity
When facts are few, persuading the ignorant is relatively easy. But information abundance, already characteristic of early modern societies, engenders a degree of skepticism: The more there is to know, the more likely we feel that truth is elusive. Information super-abundance, or the condition of “digital plenitude,” as media scholar Jay David... See more
L. M. Sacasas • The Analog City and the Digital City
what Antibionic.io is struggling with as I build it.