• I added an agora current events board to contain discussions of political and current events to that category. This was due to a increase support for a separate board for political talk.

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  1. Vitnira

    Search Engines Suck Now - What do we do about it?

    This came up in my morning HN readings: https://kaveland.no/posts/2025-06-06-library The analogy about opening tons of books labeled "History of the Piano" to be greeted with ads for piano lessons is harrowing. It is the internet now. There are trillions of books, but all of the ones you can...
  2. angertard

    Is knowing what is censored valuable information? Would this plan work?

    So "oxygen" and "frequency" in a tweet could get a warning box, no covid mention required. One of the ascii characters in the tweet was a degree symbol, which I think was somehow labeled as related to the 5g networks, a lowercase letter o must have registered as being about oxygen. [/SPOILER]...
  3. kona

    Google and Android (new) spyware install. Relevant to every android user. TL:DR at the end.

    This belongs in current events because it is currently happening. A lot of people are affected and should care. I did search the forum and found nothing about this. A couple things about getting flip phones or degoogling or whatever, but this is specific. A couple of years ago Apple introduced...
  4. punisheddead

    The anonymous internet traveler: An (almost) extinct breed of internet user

    Lurking on agora long before I ever made an account i've always enjoyed the design and symbolism the site was going for: the road and being a traveler with comfy music on the homepage like you've entered a settlement on your travels. It really captured the feeling of the older web, being a...
  5. passerby

    Silver Linings in America's Institutional Collapse

    Re-posting this essay from my Substack. Let's discuss. :) Public faith in U.S. institutions is at an all-time low. The American populace no longer trusts large technology companies, corporations, and government arms like the police and public schools. Good—maybe these institutions have...
  6. containercore

    Is the economy a zero sum game?

    A quick google search of this question gives a resounding answer: "No, IDIOT!" The reason given for why the economy isn't zero sum is "wealth creation", a nebulous ill-defined concept which I'm not entirely sure exists, at least not in the way it's usually touted. A common explanation of why...
  7. willhelpme

    The Day the Internet Died... And Came Back Again. Like New Coke.

    They say the oldest tricks are the best because so many people don't believe they'd fall for something so ancient and big as they're much too clever and slick. And thats why they're so effective. In your lifetime you'll Witness the net, as you know it, die. They'll blame the handy, dandy...
  8. passerby

    AI Tags In, Humans Tap Out

    CAPTION: I paid $5 to feed 20 photos of myself to an AI avatar generator. The results are a mix of flattering and absurd, but none look quite like me. Fellow Travelers, we're living in a strange limbo as AI exits geek circles to sweep the public consciousness and private marketplace of everyday...
  9. Voicedrew

    How to ungoogle?

    Hey folks, I read this post by @whiteVHS and was intrigued by this line: I've been thinking about how I might do this for a while now, and I think i'm ready to take the leap. How can I de-google, or at least minimize the amount I rely on google. Things I have tied to google: Gmail Account...
  10. Punp

    In a flurry of shortsightedness, Google has released .ZIP and .MOV domains

    This came up on chat. Here: https://www.tumblr.com/nutzo0001/719366781571153920?source=share And officially: https://domains.google/tld/zip/ Just absolute brainrot. The TL;DR is that malicious users have been making .zip domains to spoof sending zip files to people only for those URLs to...
  11. Some_porcupine

    protest art-form! as opposition of big-G minimalism, neo-memphis and roundness (ugly) | no return (old-web) - create!!!

    read info on thread "https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/retaking-the-internet.5898/" main info "https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/retaking-the-internet.5898/post-80214" text-only: - if so, lets go! lets make art movement! i will start thread, for the sake of it if we cant...
  12. NoSlacking

    Google Street View Thread

    One of my mypast times on the internet when I just want to chill out and relax, is to put some vaporwave on and go around random towns on Street View and see what kind of weirdness I can find. At the moment, I've been looking at the sort of streets you get in UK towns leading away from the main...
  13. The Internet Is A Potemkin Village: Proof Of Dead Internet Theory?

    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...