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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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tinyrainboot 🎩
@tinyrainboot
i understand your perspective, but i also think letting discussions of "net culture, intermedia, and having fun online" die because of an overarching sense of doom and gloom is letting "them" win. we have to fight for these spaces, not let them disintegrate because of circumstances that were anyway out of our control. this is something we have power over. it starts with the small things.
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elle
@riotgoools
i don't think the convos will die. but i've just been thinking a lot lately about where best to put the effort and where the effort might be lost. this thinking has been going on for a while before the election – like in the convos that u and i have had recently about the platforms, etc. i guess i've been feeling more alienated lately even tho i know there are a small group of likeminded ppl here still
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