From what I've observed, if this was in real world exploration, Facebook reddit ect are forts. You don't go outside of the fort and you only follow the politics in the fort. The rest of the land is for savages, some of whom make the food for those in the fort.
Spain had a large map of their territories, but the majority of it was forts, with no real expansion outside of them. It's why Texas seceded, they wanted more. England had it a little better, but were still caught up in the fort mentality from England.
AOL was the internet as a fort, and it became very successful for a long time. This is where the left want to live and be taken care of. They can't imagine life outside of the fort, and want everything to be part of the fort when they venture out from it.
Damn, I never really thought about the long term effects of AOL. I would bet that the majority of people used who used it in the 90s and the 00s still, today, don't know or can even understand they were using a gimped version of the internet. That does explain a lot.
This is why, as much of a cringe boomerfest as it could be, it was a glorious time for the brief period where The_Donald was plastered all over the front page of reddit. Of course the safe space couldn't be disturbed for too long but it was funny while it lasted.
Redditor discovers what the internet looks like when there's no nanny moderator deleting all wrongthink.
From what I've observed, if this was in real world exploration, Facebook reddit ect are forts. You don't go outside of the fort and you only follow the politics in the fort. The rest of the land is for savages, some of whom make the food for those in the fort.
Spain had a large map of their territories, but the majority of it was forts, with no real expansion outside of them. It's why Texas seceded, they wanted more. England had it a little better, but were still caught up in the fort mentality from England.
AOL was the internet as a fort, and it became very successful for a long time. This is where the left want to live and be taken care of. They can't imagine life outside of the fort, and want everything to be part of the fort when they venture out from it.
Damn, I never really thought about the long term effects of AOL. I would bet that the majority of people used who used it in the 90s and the 00s still, today, don't know or can even understand they were using a gimped version of the internet. That does explain a lot.
I think it's a mentality. Imp will love this, the completely closed off fort is usually created when the women enter into the area.
This is why, as much of a cringe boomerfest as it could be, it was a glorious time for the brief period where The_Donald was plastered all over the front page of reddit. Of course the safe space couldn't be disturbed for too long but it was funny while it lasted.
Reverse-engineering and gaming the algorithm of Reddit made for fun times.