▲ 700 ▼ Today's web is the opposite of what early Internet utopians had in mind. Now the situation is somewhat similar to climate change: even committed activists can no longer turn the tide for the better. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by DandomRude@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Piers@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) We need something that isn’t THE internet, and is only accessible if you have the patience and knowledge to connect to it. That kinda does exist it's just that you and I lack either the knowledge or patience to connect to it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago No, we need something that is just accessible enough that I am still included, but all those other normies aren't! \s permalink fedilink source parent [+] Xer0@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago If that's what you want, it does exist. It is called Usenet and it predates the world wide web. There are still active discussion communities, though most of its bandwidth is used for file-sharing nowadays. https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-usenet-newsgroups/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago No, we need something that is just accessible enough that I am still included, but all those other normies aren't! \s permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Xer0@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago If that's what you want, it does exist. It is called Usenet and it predates the world wide web. There are still active discussion communities, though most of its bandwidth is used for file-sharing nowadays. https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-usenet-newsgroups/ permalink fedilink source parent