#decentralizetheinternet

Hey everyone! I have been diving deep into various internet subcultures lately, and I am curious to get your perspectives on how these online communities have evolved over the years. Back in the early 2000s, forums and niche communities felt like secret corners of the internet where people...

Or, In the land of bots how we can ensure things are human written while remaining private? This is kind of an expansion of the dead-internet theory so I will not spend time re-stating that most of the internet is bots. (It is) Instead this will be a brief review on current methods to ensure...

If you participate in the thread please completely read/watch one or both of the links before posting. I was talking with @Another Name and @№56 on chat today and mentioned in passing "Web 1.5". At the time I didn't have enough sources on it to fully explain but the two links below should be...

I think it's well acknowledged by now that Tumblr and 4chan were the breeding grounds for the respective wings of terminally online unreasonable left and right-wingers through the 2010s. But think about it, would a bunch of teenage girls just be naturally inclined to talking about manspreading...

<CROSSPHASE> A dim room drowning in Pixelated Ocean. Scrolling digital tapestry, a mere sliver of the vast virtual nebulae, glows in a personal void. A personal void mesmerizing into Public Void; commixing into a singular behemoth. Sixtyfour zettabytes (one zettabyte = one sextillion bytes)...

Okay everyone, I have heard your complaints about everything that's wrong with the Internet. Now, let's hear your ideas on how to improve the internet. To me, decentralized social media (i.e. Mastodon) and having the power to make our own websites on Neocities, leprd.space, and other free...

This thread explores potential proof of Dead Internet Theory as mentioned in posts by IlluminatiPirate, who notes, "This theory was originally written by several anons on /x/ & wizardchan." The basic idea behind Dead Internet Theory is that the internet as it exists now is empty, devoid of real...