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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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@sdv.eth
I get increasingly fed up with social media in all forms, even here, and find myself wanting to withdraw as well. I wonder if webrings with open public group chats + a massive index for them and their members could be a solution for discovery + meaningful connections
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artlu
@artlu
wdyt of the dual-track vision below, is it possible or hopelessly naive? https://warpcast.com/artlu/0x47e306b4
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Steve
@sdv.eth
I like to think anything is technically possible, feasible and sustainable is the harder thing to answer for. But the line of thinking I agree with a lot. Human + computer socialization will only get blurrier over time and economic repressions (for both) will get muddy too as robots do inevitably replace more humans for work. Any work towards those problems I think is worth pursuing!
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