new internet
“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
The timeline isn’t settled.
The @-mention isn’t settled.
Nothing is settled. It’s 2003 again!
The @-mention isn’t settled.
Nothing is settled. It’s 2003 again!
Robin Sloan • A Year of New Avenues
we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars
Maxim Leyzerovichx.com
ethos
niceinter.net
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.
stumbles across a pile of ash, a couple of tree stumps, and half-eaten packet of marshmallows (carefully sealed)
something awesome happened here
something awesome happened here
the digital spaces we want
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
The Collective Intelligence Project
cip.org