Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 1 year agodo you think the fediverse could replace popular social mediamessage-squaremessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1message-squaredo you think the fediverse could replace popular social mediaBicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoTo some extent this is a feature, not a problem though. I know it’s elitist, but in a lot of ways the internet was a much nicer place when it was just a bunch of tech nerds.
minus-squareStumblinbearlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI hope you don’t mean nicer as in “friendlier,” because the internet has always been a hellscape
minus-squareWintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoNo, I didn’t. Maybe “more interesting” would have been a better phrasing. The signal to noise ratio is so much worse now than it was 20 years ago.
To some extent this is a feature, not a problem though. I know it’s elitist, but in a lot of ways the internet was a much nicer place when it was just a bunch of tech nerds.
I hope you don’t mean nicer as in “friendlier,” because the internet has always been a hellscape
No, I didn’t. Maybe “more interesting” would have been a better phrasing. The signal to noise ratio is so much worse now than it was 20 years ago.