Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoYeah, well, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok are not the net, they are siloes. Even Reddit is trying as hard as it can to be insular.
Much of my family doesn’t even know how to use a browser.
I think old school internet folks are underestimating just how much of a grip Big Tech has on users’ attention.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
With all sincerity this is fine. Seriously, let’s leave it this way.
As someone who was already around when Eternal September happened the Internet was never for normies and inviting them into the space has destroyed it. Everything that attracts the attention of normies ends up ruined; MySpace, Digg, Reddit, Facebook, Slashdot and so very many more…they are all trashed because when they attracted enough users the commercialization started.
So maybe lets just leave the Fediverse for those “in the know” as long as we can.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thing is it’s kinda too late, and the, uh, “commercial net” has all but taken over society.
Whatever happens, it would be nice if that part burns down. And I think yanking the techies from the space with the Fediverse will help.