It’s not solely about the fediverse, but it is mentioned.
Bring back YTMND
Wasn’t it brought back a few years back?
There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, code-to-table alternatives to the factory-farmed junk food of the internet. And they should be weird.
The junk food analogy is really good i think, There was already research showing people who read newspapers are more informed then facebook users iirc, Open source platforms should develop to give users higher content quality and eventually validate those design using scientific research (kinda like research on the Mediterranean diet). I think giving users better platforms that enable finding and prioritizing high quality content will lead to a better probability of achieving certain goals (better employment, better financial state, healthier eating, better mental health etc).
You could stare at a wall for a century and still be more informed than facebook users.
Remember sites like stumble-upon? I want the Internet that enabled THAT back.
Oh shit, I completely forgot about that site
I actually always thought there was a possibility that what happened to AOL might happen to Google / Facebook / etc. I.e. people inherently don’t like extreme walled gardens, and will splinter off into more open, more random, more innovative spaces. I think the pendulum had swung back over to an early AOL like very limited set of 5 or so big “platforms”, and the issues with that were seen again, just like in the late 90s when people were ditching AOL for “the real Internet” en masse.
What do you mean “about to” and “again”?
Also
the raucous hedonism of Bluesky
What accounts do I need to follow for this experience?
