new internet
There’s a simple test you can do to tell if a website is a positive citizen of the web, or a negative one. Go to the website and look for their links; do they have any? Does the website link to other websites made by other people? Or do they just link to their own social media? How many outbound links do they have?
In short; is the website a dead... See more
In short; is the website a dead... See more
Melon • Every site needs a Links Page / Why linking matters
The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith The internet wants to be fragmented
Noah Smithnoahpinion.blog
“these platforms make it impossible to represent your full multidimensional self... your whole self can never exist in a single space.”
Eileen Ahn • (1) Preserving Sanctity in the Online Space
Perhaps someday the human race will be ready to become one collective consciousness. But the experiment of the 2010s shows that this day is not today. Let the internet once more be an escape — a place where you can find your people and be happy. Let us learn to speak a thousand different languages once again. Let the Tower of Babel fall.
Noah Smith • The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith The internet wants to be fragmented
humanity is still adapting to the fact that ordinary people have broadcasting capability. cultural norms around this are still being negotiated in real time. it’s actually imo more disruptive than promethean fire; you can’t use fire to burn people on the other side of the planet
x.comBecause of the internet we don’t need to define our identity based on where we physically live, who we’re born to, or what we look like, as has been the case in human history until now.