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elle
@riotgoools
"the market dynamics of social media have affected absolutely every corner of the internet and, therefore, “real life” [...] Now all the damned Internet works as a social media platform, and this will shape people’s perception of the world. Just like Marshall McLuhan said: "We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." this piece reminded me of a convo i had last week with someone thru my homepage. they said they wanted to leave the main web and only be on the small internet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ my response was that i didn't think that was possible bc the world is so entangled with the big internet these days. turning away and leaving the tools to bad ppl won't prevent the effects they will have on everyone irl. good ppl need to show good alternative uses for the tools https://www.animanoir.xyz/blog/2024/the-death-state-of-the-internet/
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aesthetica✿
@aesthetica.eth
i'm so tired. the current cycle of things isn't helping. i am thinking about mourning more and more lately. how to build memory of the past so that one might visit it to create a future. this is informed by you & others, but also ideas about impermanence & various concepts of memory & a feeling that it is lost in the current flood(s) of 'social' // big internet. it feels like a version of the land of lotus-eaters.
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elle
@riotgoools
yes at this point, it feels like a big wave that we're all just getting swept away by, being tossed around with no control of where we're going. if you're lucky, u can grab a piece of driftwood to hold onto to keep u afloat (╥_╥)
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