Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comRiley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square44fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·8 months agoThe internet I grew up with and loved couldn’t survive having the whole population on it. It became about making money off the userbase, political manipulation, and addictive distractions. It’s success killed it.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoIt was such a fun and fanciful place.
minus-squaretektite@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoThe unattainable is unknown at Zombo com!
The internet I grew up with and loved couldn’t survive having the whole population on it. It became about making money off the userbase, political manipulation, and addictive distractions. It’s success killed it.
It was such a fun and fanciful place.
The unattainable is unknown at Zombo com!
I miss the solar death ray.