[HN Gopher] The future of the internet is likely smaller communi...
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The future of the internet is likely smaller communities
Author : andrewstetsenko
Score : 23 points
Date : 2025-04-14 18:33 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| ArinaS wrote:
| > " _While social media connects people, most believe it has
| fueled societal divisions by creating echo chambers._ "
|
| I think this issue of echo chambers exists because people become
| religious of their communities and refuse to listen to opinions
| of another communities - not because social media are flawed
| themselves.
| ben_w wrote:
| Facebook's attempt to broaden my social circles consists of
| showing me reels even though I keep clicking the button saying
| "don't show me reels", a list of people it thinks I might know
| but usually don't, and adverts every third post for things
| which are often not available in my country or for my gender.
|
| --
|
| Half the real content is promoted messages from groups such as
| "U.S. Naval Institue" and "KentLive".
|
| The remaining posts are 80% from only one person I actually
| know, and their posts are mostly pro-Palesteine or blaming the
| Democrats for Trump.
|
| I am a British citizen and live in Berlin.
|
| --
|
| I can _definitely_ blame Facebook for giving me an experience
| on par with my attempt to run a phpBB forum in the late 2000s
| only to find it got no real users and a lot of spammers.
| Llamamoe wrote:
| You're basically saying "I believe the problem exists because
| of the way human nature interacts with social media, not social
| media themselves".
|
| And sure, maybe it'd work for baboons, crows, or ants, if they
| ever evolved sufficient intelligence. But it doesn't for human.
|
| Attributing personal blame for systemic issues is just silly.
| If it happens everywhere, it's not happening as a product of
| individual, malleable factors but because it's a natural
| consequence of the factors that add up to it.
| Whoppertime wrote:
| It seems like the big tent entertainment projects bringing people
| from various echo chambers have ended temporarily. 2019 was the
| release of Avengers Endgame and Star Wars Episode 9. I don't
| think the subsequent releases in those franchises were nearly as
| good at bringing in a wide audience
| metalman wrote:
| the future of the internet is greater personal power and
| autonomy.....everyone will get there own personal web space, to
| write, create, sell, buy, and comunicate, they own it, it's
| "free" one to one comunication will be protected in the same way
| that physical mail has been protected for centuries, ie: dont
| touch without a warrant groups will have less and less privacy,
| the larger they are, and a crime by one, is a crime by all ie:
| just dont do it, play nice, no conspiracy's or calls for
| insurection platforms will die, unless they can attract and
| nurture tallent, that out competes all of the
| indipendents......which is very likely...as top performers,
| always need team support
| surge wrote:
| Reminds me of this piece:
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| https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-intellectual-dark-web-is...
|
| tldr; Public discussions carry too much risk if you discuss
| anything honestly, you get brigaded or doxed, or things are taken
| out of context or re-framed by someone based on their own biases
| of "what you really meant". So people have gone more towards
| sharing their views or having honest discussions in smaller more
| trusted groups.
| alganet wrote:
| - "We're bringing the old internet back."
|
| - "Cool! That was what everyone always wanted. Wait, what is
| that?"
|
| - "Some yet to be defined role for AI, don't worry about it."
|
| Please, stop forcing it guys. Let it grow naturally. I know you
| all want that sweet return of investment very soon in any way
| shape or form possible, but this is getting ridiculous.
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