new internet

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 likely exceeds 10:1, and ma... See more

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.

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