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[–]Drewski 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like a boomer typing this, but the golden days of the internet are over. The internet has become hostile to everyone. Gone are the niche usenet groups, IRC channels, BBS's, web forums, personal Geocities sites and Wordpress blogs. (I know I'm being hyperbolic here as this stuff still exists in some form).

Now our discussions are mostly mediated by giant corporate platforms, walled gardens whose algorithms control what we can and cannot see; what is profitable, what is considered subversive "misinformation". I've witnessed the rise and fall of Slashdot, digg, reddit and many others. And don't get me started on how useless search engines have become.

Oh well, you guys are pretty cool at least.