Very Internet Person

"But back then, content was rare. If someone had a blog, it was exceptional. If someone wrote online regularly and shared their thoughts with dozens of others, it was remarkable. We all commented and responded, then reacted with our own thoughts. And we had a blast doing it. It wasn’t perfect, but it was enjoyable. I don’t think any of us would have described that experience as stressful or anxiety producing.

Contrast that with the so-called “creator economy” which continues to emerge. Musicians and authors are often sharing their discomfort with having to stay at the top of the feed, feeling the need to keep producing average work so that they don’t get forgotten and don’t go broke. Nowadays, content is not novel; it is assumed."

a good nostalgic essay by jeff goins about doing internet for fun

"But back then, content was rare. If someone had a blog, it was exceptional. If someone wrote online regularly and shared their thoughts with dozens of others, it was remarkable. We all commented and responded, then reacted with our own thoughts. And we had a blast doing it. It wasn’t perfect, but it was enjoyable. I don’t think any of us would have described that experience as stressful or anxiety producing.

Contrast that with the so-called “creator economy” which continues to emerge. Musicians and authors are often sharing their discomfort with having to stay at the top of the feed, feeling the need to keep producing average work so that they don’t get forgotten and don’t go broke. Nowadays, content is not novel; it is assumed."

a good nostalgic essay by jeff goins about doing internet for fun

https://jeffgoins.substack.com/p/unpopular-opinion-the-internet-is

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