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jimmyjams posted:im reading this article and the gist seems to be the internet was fine and cool until capitalists invaded and turned it into the exploitative shithole it is now the internet was never fine and cool though, it was always intended to be an exploitative shithole, given that it is a military application to forward US interests. of course the ways in which it has become the particular shithole that it is, is the fault of capitalist bullshit. in the general smart phones and social networks are a dream come true OldAlias fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Apr 19, 2018 |
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they were groups of people using each other for their own ends. it was good that early network culture had that moment, of course it was not to last given the power that can be wielded through it
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if they didn’t want to be bothered by aol users they could have made their own private communities instead of moaning when people waltzed into public space, but impotent nerd whining is forever
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infernal machines posted:tbf one guy offered to rewrite the forums in rust or something, in two months, for free elixir
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yeah, optional subscription with stupid extras like changeable icons. then try to pivot off this poo poo stack in an interoperable fashion in the interim. like that bizzaro SA that replaces links with porn gibberish probably costs nothing to run
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