dreaming of a better internet

craving online spaces where the pace is slower, the vibes are better, and that make us feel good about ourselves and the world. this is a collection of musings on a cozier, more magical internet

by sari and · updated 5d ago

Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
by Maggie Appleton
maggieappleton.com
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Keely Adler added 5mo ago
what Yancey Strickler calls Dark Forests . According to him these are “spaces where depressurized conversation is possible because of their non-indexed, non-optimized, and non-gamified environments”.
from Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses by Portable Multiplayer Miniverses
Keely Adler added 5mo ago
Humanity is capable of so much more.
oneproject.org
sari added 2y ago
My new social media will be a giant shared Google doc to which I will add all the cool people as "editors," and there will be no ads, and no algorithm, and you can type into the doc at the same time with whatever dang font you want, and the party in that doc will NEVER END.
by Paul J. Pastor
x.com
phoebe added 1y ago
AMANDA MONTELL: I really appreciated this video from Kurzgesagt, which articulates how the current hyper-connected state of the internet has destroyed our collective mental health. The video suggested the glory days of social media were actually the early 2000s, when like-minded users could gather in niche, siloed forums to discuss common interests... See more
Alara added 8mo ago
Alara added 1y ago
While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers
from The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)
Shachaf Rodberg added 5mo ago
from Element (Private) / Cosmos
sari added 1y ago
We need ritual technology. Technology designed for ritual use.

Why? Most of the software we use daily is designed to engagement-max. Social media feeds, loot boxes, compulsion loops, gang gang yes yes yes ice cream so good. You’re caught in a feedback loop with the algorithm, and you are the squishiest part of that loop.

Ritual technology operates on... See more
from Ritual Technology by Gordon Brander
sari added 1y ago
Larger, it’s a signal of what’s desired all throughout culture today: like-minded communities, decreased hostility, and just some simple good vibes.
from The Rise of Low Sodium & Gentle Gaming by Substack
Keely Adler added 5mo ago

Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

from Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses by Portable Multiplayer Miniverses

Humanity is capable of so much more.

from The Smart Web does exist (but it needs your support)

from Element (Private) / Cosmos

from Ritual Technology by Gordon Brander

from The Rise of Low Sodium & Gentle Gaming by Substack