Damn, looks like Conde-Nast is starting to feel the pinch if they're having Wired spew out poorly written transparent bullshit like this.
The Redxodus, if anything, caused a huge explosion of migration to the Fediverse and the open internet in general. I haven't seen as much interest in the open web since the early 2000s - and it's glorious to watch. The web will continue long after Reddit, Google, and Meta have died off. Conflating any of these companies with the open internet is committing journalistic malpractice, and a clear conflict of interest when your owners have a stake in those you're reporting on.
The open internet has been dying ever since centralized social media services overtook for phpBB forums. Recent developments with ActivityPub is the first time it seems to be making a comeback.
It's not even an opinion, it's just... how it is.
Doesn’t even seem like it was that long ago that I’d be sitting at my desktop, 5+ tabs open. One might be Fark, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc for general shits and giggles, maybe some news. The others were the independent forums I visited every day for my interests where I actually got to meet and befriend some people, regardless of location.
The anonymity of Reddit (which I was cool with) definitely was a shift in what “community” actually meant online.
Damn, looks like Conde-Nast is starting to feel the pinch if they're having Wired spew out poorly written transparent bullshit like this.
The Redxodus, if anything, caused a huge explosion of migration to the Fediverse and the open internet in general. I haven't seen as much interest in the open web since the early 2000s - and it's glorious to watch. The web will continue long after Reddit, Google, and Meta have died off. Conflating any of these companies with the open internet is committing journalistic malpractice, and a clear conflict of interest when your owners have a stake in those you're reporting on.
The open internet has been dying ever since centralized social media services overtook for phpBB forums. Recent developments with ActivityPub is the first time it seems to be making a comeback.
It's not even an opinion, it's just... how it is.
Doesn’t even seem like it was that long ago that I’d be sitting at my desktop, 5+ tabs open. One might be Fark, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc for general shits and giggles, maybe some news. The others were the independent forums I visited every day for my interests where I actually got to meet and befriend some people, regardless of location.
The anonymity of Reddit (which I was cool with) definitely was a shift in what “community” actually meant online.