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The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?
(theconversation.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
We would be better than ever, if not for the normification.
what exactly does that mean?
It's what happened to the internet. Devices were dumbed down to make the internet accessible for everyone. Now the "normies" are also on the internet, whereas in the past they'd belittle you for spending time on the computer.
In time, the Fediverse will also be easily accessible. And where there are normies, you'll find corporate enshittification.
Edit: thanks for the downvotes because I explained the word "normification". You're overthinking this. It's a term that has been around since before Reddit became popular. It's a term that stems from 4chan. I don't like the term, I just explained it. And yes, the corpos are to blame but they couldn't do the things they do without a certain user base. And that's not your typical tech savvy user base. How is that so difficult to understand?
With community visibility, there is plenty of room to form these communities that regular people can’t access for those who want that.
I can imagine an instance with a whole collection of insider communities. In fact, it’s already happened.