new internet
I think that this whole smartphone scrolling, content consuming, ubiquitous posting, Extremely Online thing is going to go the way of the Fedora, or the Marlboro smoked at cruising altitude in economy class. In the end it is all going to fade.
The End of the Extremely Online Era
There is no place for self-actualisation like the Internet. To put on and take off identities, personalities, interests, and styles with no cost at all and by simply lifting a pointer finger. This has generally been considered an advantage of the Internet. I’d argue it is not. It feeds an instinct that has been trained in us from marketing... See more
Phoebe Gibb • The Digital Bedroom
Re-Ranking News Comments by Constructiveness and Curiosity ...
arxiv.orgAlso, much like a small homestead on a hundred acres, websites were closed ecosystems and isolated. There were no social networks or marketplace platforms to tap as a firehose channel for building an audience, and there was no real mechanism for ‘going viral’.
You had to grow your traffic the old fashioned way – by asking your digital neighbors for... See more
You had to grow your traffic the old fashioned way – by asking your digital neighbors for... See more
chrisrempel.com • Part 1: the internet is having a kodak moment – Chris Rempel's Blog
the digital spaces we want
campfire.we-b.siteI want a new internet, one that feels like ours.