If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.

We’re in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it’s broken. That’s not news. But there’s something in the air—a vibe shift, a sense that things are about to change.

  • nick@midwest.socialEnglish
    100·
    1 year ago

    The paywall is delicious irony. Or whatever makes the story unreadable until I subscribe.

    • laverabe@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Sorry, I didn’t realize it was paywalled or ad infested because of addons that I use to block all that stuff. Archive bypass: link

      • EvkobEnglish
        39·
        1 year ago

        This is very relatable, between DNS filtering and uBlock Origin (with a couple custom filters) I always forget how user-hostile the internet has become until I use someone else’s device.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          It makes me lose respect for… well, humanity. The people making this garbage and the people who put up with it.

          • EvkobEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Eh, the corporate fucks who decide to make websites this way, I agree with you, but the truth is most people who put up with it just don’t have the faintest idea of how computers work. You’d bring up DNS filtering and custom adblock filter lists and their eyes would glaze over.

            • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              It’s a different reason for losing respect for those two sides.

              For the site markers, it’s about greed and where they draw the line for what they want their website to look and behave like.

              For the users, it’s that they aren’t willing to learn just a little bit to improve their lives a lot. Like on Android, it’s just a matter of installing Firefox and ublock origin. You can further fine tune it from there but that’s enough for me to forget how cancerous the internet has become unless I end up browsing on a different browser (I hate apps with built in browsers).