dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
people still carve out community in the most hostile of places and subvert platforms to create space for human-first desires. We create solidarity infrastructure out of text chains, subvert government control through form submissions, and carve intimate sanctuaries in the comment sections and profiles of algorithmically controlled wastelands. We... See more
one year of independence
Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)
youtube.comwhen a website, especially one that invites mass participation, goes offline or executes a huge dump of its data and resources, it’s as if a smallish Library of Alexandria has been burned to the ground. Except unlike the burning of such a library, when a website folds, the ensuing commentary from tech blogs asks only why the company folded, or why... See more
Kate Wagner • 404 Page Not Found | Kate Wagner
An Albert Einstein quote: “Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”
Even though on the Internet,... See more
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 • 🚀✨
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.
Portable Multiplayer Miniverses • Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses
