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merr-itt came from outer space
@merrittk.com

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

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merr-itt came from outer space
@merrittk.com

this isnt an eternal september thing. it's more like the primary means by which most people experience 'online' now is centralized social media platforms which can expose anyone to the entire world at any time (even if you aren't on them, thanks to ubiquitous cameras)

Tyler
@electriceden92.bsky.social

This is one reason why I think whatever iteration/paradigm of digital communications system that succeeds/emerges from the wreckage of this one will be radically different in form and purpose bsky.app/profile/elec...

Tyler@electriceden92.bsky.social

It could very well be that mass decentralized access of all available data via either giant server banks or personal but publicly open hosting is something that we do for a while and then figure (or are shown) that it isn't worth it

Phoebe
@phibee.bsky.social

it drives me insane that it's just like taken as a given now that we need to have platforms like that and also host all our most important discussions on them