Hear hear. The internet is homogenized like everything else in order to push a viewpoint that jibes with the corporate/governmental definition of “Our Democracy.” There’s the authorized viewpoint and then there’s stuff that needs to be censored and throttled. Everything we were warned about came true.
I wonder if it’s due to our economic system of endless consumption, constant expansion, constantly pushing new product, and advertising up the wazoo. I think these things have helped ruin the internet. Platforms that used to work beautifully get endlessly updated until they can barely perform their core function because you always have to have a “next year’s model,” even though the model from 10 years ago worked better than anything since. So sad.
Hear hear. The internet is homogenized like everything else in order to push a viewpoint that jibes with the corporate/governmental definition of “Our Democracy.” There’s the authorized viewpoint and then there’s stuff that needs to be censored and throttled. Everything we were warned about came true.
I wonder if it’s due to our economic system of endless consumption, constant expansion, constantly pushing new product, and advertising up the wazoo. I think these things have helped ruin the internet. Platforms that used to work beautifully get endlessly updated until they can barely perform their core function because you always have to have a “next year’s model,” even though the model from 10 years ago worked better than anything since. So sad.