new internet

The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith The internet wants to be fragmented

The internet really w as better, back before it turned into “five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of text from the other four.”

Enshitternet – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

The widespread TikTok-ification of all social apps is quite striking (and sad!) Literally, all apps (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc) have become one click away to an infinite stream of viral videos, playing non-stop. The ratio of mindless consumption to building something meaningful on computing devices now... See more

Akshay Kothari x.com

But, the enshittification of the internet isn't a consequence of entropy, it's a choice. And it's blatantly clear that the choice of the builder of these systems aren't trying to help their users anymore.

Beyond that the wider internet just strikes me as a sad place. There is no energy there. The cracks in the wall are beginning to show.

The End of the Extremely Online Era

I do think that the end really is here for the blogosphere though. This time it really is different. I’ve weathered many ups and downs in the blogosphere over my 17 years in it, but now it feels like the end of the blogging era. And what has emerged to take its place is not the blogosphere (and really shouldn’t try to be), even though parts of it... See more

Venkatesh Rao • Ribbonfarm Is Retiring

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The timeline isn’t settled.

The @-mention isn’t settled.

Nothing is settled. It’s 2003 again!

Robin Sloan • A Year of New Avenues