Does anyone else remember the internet before it was broken... before the corporate slugs got wind of money to be made... where it was nothing but pure connections and information between real people. No bots, no click farms, no virtue signalling cockheads.
The elite realized in the 1990's how dangerous the internet was going to be for them. At the time, Americans got all their information from the three network news broadcasts. They had all our information locked down.
That is why they seeded Google, Facebook and Twitter. To get out in front so they could lock it down with corporate censorship later.
Because you and I are able to discuss this, they didn't totally succeed.
I was there. It was awesome to behold. I pray that one day it returns to even being a pale shadow of the promise it once held before the darkness set in on all sides.
Here's some magic words to get you misty eyed: Netscape Navigator and Trumpet Winsock.
Bleep bleep whirr bing blip blip. I still miss that dial-up modem sound. It was the equivalent of a car engine turning over and firing. The beginning of a journey somewhere and you'd never be the same person afterwards.
Atavista... jeez I'd forgotten it even existed. I just went and checked and it still herds over to Yahoo. I think I recall the first time it did that... Probably because it was the last time I used it.
I see it coming back though. I've seen more personal websites and blogs in the last couple years. People are tired of corporate social media and a lot of folks are taking the time to create their own space on the web. But I'm an optimist. I think will get back to that place of digital freedom the quicker we get off these major plats [twatter, fb, yt, etc].
Agreed. It needs to get back to word of mouth, like we rely on for tradies etc.
Section 230 turd flushing time. Well, maybe 6 years ago, but better late than never... if these turds want to act like publishers then they should have the damn liability of publishers.
I have nothing but utter disdain for these termites. They are the human barnacles on our hull, taking up valuable bandwidth for ZERO net benefit overall. In meat space I'd call them an oxygen thief to their smug cunt faces.
Aaaaand didn't the Twitter cucklords just have a total meltdown over this...
One word you muppets - SWEDEN.
Eat a bag of dicks through your masks and may a 50 foot iron dildo come crashing down on your magnetic death jab hides.
I believe twitter replies are now mostly from the 50 cent wumau army.
https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10419465.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Inside-Chinas-Click-Farm-which-boasts-over-10000-phones-designed-to-boost-Facebook-likes.jpg
Does anyone else remember the internet before it was broken... before the corporate slugs got wind of money to be made... where it was nothing but pure connections and information between real people. No bots, no click farms, no virtue signalling cockheads.
Seems a lifetime ago already....
The elite realized in the 1990's how dangerous the internet was going to be for them. At the time, Americans got all their information from the three network news broadcasts. They had all our information locked down.
That is why they seeded Google, Facebook and Twitter. To get out in front so they could lock it down with corporate censorship later.
Because you and I are able to discuss this, they didn't totally succeed.
I was there. It was awesome to behold. I pray that one day it returns to even being a pale shadow of the promise it once held before the darkness set in on all sides.
Shadilay.
Shaliday, fren.
https://youtu.be/fF0Cb7h6ZBQ
Shadilay indeed.
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Gave it a full spin, thanks fren. Still Feels Good Man.
We are interrupting the space time continuum. In a good way.
NCSWIC
Here's some magic words to get you misty eyed: Netscape Navigator and Trumpet Winsock.
Bleep bleep whirr bing blip blip. I still miss that dial-up modem sound. It was the equivalent of a car engine turning over and firing. The beginning of a journey somewhere and you'd never be the same person afterwards.
Compuserve. That's where I started in the early nineties. Loved that modem. And when I upgraded to a 14,400 modem - wow! Such speed.
I have a friend who still has an AOL email... I remember those postal mail CD campaigns.
Bulletin boards? Webcrawler was my favorite search engine...
Old Skoooool!
Atavista... jeez I'd forgotten it even existed. I just went and checked and it still herds over to Yahoo. I think I recall the first time it did that... Probably because it was the last time I used it.
Long live Tor, the God of Onions.
I see it coming back though. I've seen more personal websites and blogs in the last couple years. People are tired of corporate social media and a lot of folks are taking the time to create their own space on the web. But I'm an optimist. I think will get back to that place of digital freedom the quicker we get off these major plats [twatter, fb, yt, etc].
Agreed. It needs to get back to word of mouth, like we rely on for tradies etc.
Section 230 turd flushing time. Well, maybe 6 years ago, but better late than never... if these turds want to act like publishers then they should have the damn liability of publishers.
It must be all of 3 months away from bot news being posted with bots replying and other bots arguing with those ones...
Or maybe that's 3 months ago already. The NPC is strong with these ones.
Imagine the answer to "what do you do for a living?" being
"I'm a whinging mincy little faggot that surfs forums and news sites and tries to herd the sheep towards their imminent destruction...."
My polite term for them is digital narcissists.
I have nothing but utter disdain for these termites. They are the human barnacles on our hull, taking up valuable bandwidth for ZERO net benefit overall. In meat space I'd call them an oxygen thief to their smug cunt faces.
Bandwidth Bungholes. That'll do for today.
Name checks out…
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Dissenting bots. If people really were dissenting they would meet the protestors in the street.
Where is this