Centralization isn't inherently bad. Standard oil was the best thing to happen to the energy sector. The anti-trust was a mask for the invasion of the managerial state to nationalize it.
I've got a controversial opinion that Kaczynski was wrong, although I'm still working it out.
That said, might not be a bad idea to know what to do with a radio if everything goes to heck. Just advanced warning, it's kinda hard to find anyone to talk to unless you're part of some kind of group.
The tech industry sold its soul when it transitioned from a focus on open standards with a broad marketplace of vendors interoperating using those standards, to closed platforms trying to grab marketshare to go public or get acquired.
If email were invented today you probably wouldn't be able to send an email to someone using a different provider, because each system would use a different and incompatible protocol.
I've said it a few times back on plebbit but my guess (wild pipe dream) is that the internet and mid scale communities like this one will invest more heavily in a decentralised peer to peer model, once the current server and client model annoys enough people.
I believe there was an experiment into this a few years back called Aether but I've not heard anything from them since.
I think we're basically watching the internet crack into two, and the only thing that will stop it is massive suppression by Stripe and other payment companies. Unfortunately, that does mean that it's still being centralized, but just around 2 separate poles.
Probably not. I want to see us old 90s nerds build our piece of the Internet back though. I'm going hard away from social media. I never got that into it anyway. To me the real Internet is the frontier it used to be
I think the Internet is going to become a monopolized cesspool.
It's going to be filled with political bots who argue with you with slogans and messages that are recycled because they're not smart enough to come up with their own talking points.
They'll throw that shit down and it'll work because clearly this retarded communist rhetoric is working just great.
No, the centralization will continue. The culture war will become more obvious as the reactionary internet is currently being built in parrellel.
Centralization isn't inherently bad. Standard oil was the best thing to happen to the energy sector. The anti-trust was a mask for the invasion of the managerial state to nationalize it.
I've got a controversial opinion that Kaczynski was wrong, although I'm still working it out.
Fuck the internet, I'm dusting off my 800baud modem and heading back to BBSs
There are worse ideas than explicitly using old or obscure technologies for the purposes of gatekeeping.
I've been considering getting an amateur radio license for a similar reason, though anonymous, private, or obscene speech on that platform is illegal.
You're also supposed to keep it apolitical.
That said, might not be a bad idea to know what to do with a radio if everything goes to heck. Just advanced warning, it's kinda hard to find anyone to talk to unless you're part of some kind of group.
So all manner of talk is outlawed because "obscene" can ve defined however the controlling party wishes.
I'd say the same about Voat as well. It was a tad bit early, but that's where the worst of the worst go first allowing things like .win to be built.
USA.life ????
The tech industry sold its soul when it transitioned from a focus on open standards with a broad marketplace of vendors interoperating using those standards, to closed platforms trying to grab marketshare to go public or get acquired.
If email were invented today you probably wouldn't be able to send an email to someone using a different provider, because each system would use a different and incompatible protocol.
I've said it a few times back on plebbit but my guess (wild pipe dream) is that the internet and mid scale communities like this one will invest more heavily in a decentralised peer to peer model, once the current server and client model annoys enough people.
I believe there was an experiment into this a few years back called Aether but I've not heard anything from them since.
I think we're basically watching the internet crack into two, and the only thing that will stop it is massive suppression by Stripe and other payment companies. Unfortunately, that does mean that it's still being centralized, but just around 2 separate poles.
It's always amazing to watch rich companies get ideologically infiltrated and then shoot themselves in the wallet.
And I don't think .win is trying to be that. That said, I think Parler has made a pretty good run so far. We'll see how it does.
Parler does need to tackle hashtag bombing though.
Probably not. I want to see us old 90s nerds build our piece of the Internet back though. I'm going hard away from social media. I never got that into it anyway. To me the real Internet is the frontier it used to be
I think the Internet is going to become a monopolized cesspool.
It's going to be filled with political bots who argue with you with slogans and messages that are recycled because they're not smart enough to come up with their own talking points.
They'll throw that shit down and it'll work because clearly this retarded communist rhetoric is working just great.
SURE HOPE IT DOESNT THOUGH
No