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elle
@riotgoools
i have a lot of feelings but i'm on no sleep and since i'm casting in this channel i'll keep it on topic: i've been posting more doomer content lately even tho i'd rather focus on good things. but now i expect the enshittification of the web to accelerate. the democrats aren't really better for the web but they are less distracting. when the firehose of trump's shitshow turns on again in january, many will be too distracted daily like last time to do productive things to prevent further enshittifying. it's no coincidence the death date of the internet is often cited as 2016/2017. now he has elon as a sidekick too, so it will be doubly as annoying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not sure what that means for this channel. "A channel for Very Internet Persons to discuss net culture, intermedia, and having fun online." seems frivolous now as i'm not sure online will be very fun for a while and i'll have to spend more time offline working to insulate my loved ones from the "hardship" that elon is promising. i hope i'm wrong tho
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Darryl Yeo 🛠️
@darrylyeo
Clarify what you mean when you say Trump in power would result in more enshittification? Not sure how those are connected.
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elle
@riotgoools
i'm using enshittification here in more of a general sense of the effects doctorow's enshittification is about platform lock-in and the decay of quality/usability. eg. social app or search engine pivots to algo slop to better profit, degrading user's ability to see/do what they want obv the web is not a platform in this sense. but trump in power combined with his extreme attention seeking causes an ai slop-like effect on the web "flooding the zone with shit" as bannon himself called it. the goal of this strat is to bait, hook, and wear ppl out (ie. enshittification pattern.) drown out everything else. i think one overdominating and unrelenting annoying slop noise decays the quality of the web. the way to counter this decay is lots of ppl actively adding more good to the web. ofc i can upload whenever i want but, like ig, what's the point if it's just drowned out by shein ads and shrimp jesus and my friends can't see it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sry if this is disconnected. i still haven't slept and i'm out of space
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Darryl Yeo 🛠️
@darrylyeo
I think information wars are gonna be a fact of life from now on regardless of who’s in office 😅 but fortunately the web3 internet is looking bright and we’re due to have some incredibly powerful cryptographic primitives at our disposal to help navigate this. The web is a huge place and it’s still ultimately up to us to decide what we pay attention to. All the more we need passionate people like you to curate cozy corners and keep the nostalgia alive and well. Sleep tight 🙂
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