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Idk if this is the right community for this conversation, but it's been on my mind and I want to share it with someone.

In the 00's every new thing we heard about the internet was exciting. There were new protocols, new ways to communicate, new ways to share files, new ways to find each other. Every time we heard anything new about the internet, it was always progress.

That lasted into the early teens and then things started changing. Things started stagnating. Now we're well into the phase where every new piece of news we hear is negative. New legislations, new privacy intrusions, new restrictions, new technologies to lock content away and keep us from sharing, or seeing the content we were looking for. New ways to force ads.

At one point the Internet was my most favorite thing in the world. Now I don't know if I even like it anymore. I certainly don't look forward to hearing news about it. It's sad, man. We've lost a lot. The mega corps took the internet from us, changed it from a million small sites that people created because they had big ideas, or were passionate about small ones, and turned it into a few enormous sites with no new ideas, no passion, just an insatiable desire for money.

We're at the end of an era, and unlike the last 20 years of progress, I don't think most of us will like what the next era brings.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Optimization is the natural path of all things commercial

That's an enshittified way of describing enshittification.

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. Did you read the rest of my message?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. I didn't see anything worth commenting on, then or now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because you are not the sum of this site, or of the universe.

Your very cool tryhard apathy performance isn't new to me or impressive. If you're so awesome touching grass and ignoring systemic problems, keep doing that away from here. Please.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried to make an optimistic point about the Internet not being the only interesting part of life and you unwarranted used it as a platform to complain about capitalism. Who's a tryhard?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who's a tryhard?

You are.

You sermonized about how cool apathy is and how people that express frustration with bad things need to go outside, and yet here you are. Still.

Go outside. Be very cool and apathetic there. I look forward to congratulating you in your absence. congratulations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're such a very important uncaring hustlegrinder Vincent Adultman doing a business that you're going to win a last word game! congratulations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am your worst nightmare! I am grind!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost there! Show how much you care about performative apathy! congratulations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not apathetic and don't know where you got that impression friend!!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not apathetic

No shit. Your sermons about how people need to stop caring about things being bad and getting worse definitely rung hollow.

and don't know where you got that impression friend!!!!

Dodge all the labels you like friend but no amount of exclamation marks is making you any less transparent!!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For real though, the subject of this thread is whether the Internet is or isn't fun anymore it doesn't mention or allude to enshittification and ignoring the topic of the thread by forcing that context is pretty mean. I know you don't like capitalism but do you expect people to be receptive to what you have to say when you detail them and don't care about what they have to say?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it doesn't mention or allude to enshittification

It does, even if you wish it didn't. Lots of other people felt the same way in the comments even if you don't like that.

On the other hand, your apathy sermon offers nothing to that person. It's not just a thought-terminating cliche. It's clearly failed you as well because you're still here and you're still posting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still don't get why you think it's apathetic or doesn't offer anything. All I'm saying is you have to change with the world and the world isn't the Internet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All I'm saying is you have to change with the world and the world isn't the Internet

If it's that simple and that easy, logout logout-lemmy and work those hustlegrindy miracles! Concern trolling people here with your not-apathy sermons about the coolness of apathy is wasting your precious hustlegrindy time! Change the world already!

Or better yet, don't. Stay here and keep posting about how you're totally not preaching the virtues of apathy while preaching the virtues of apathy. That's probably better than any version of improving the world that you in particular have in mind.

So continue. Keep telling me how much you don't care about not caring while skydiving and doing crossfit while securing the Jones account and selling the rights to your exciting new blockchain-based startup. antelope-popcorn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok I'm home now my final thoughts are you've massively projected your world view upon the kind of person I actually am and some day you'll learn that arguing on the Internet doesn't solve anything!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

some day you'll learn that arguing on the Internet doesn't solve anything

What are you still doing here then, exactly?

You are very important and must continue providing updates about your very important dynamic Vincent Adultman lifestyle where you're hustlegrinding and on a mission to change the world. congratulations