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Please Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨remington@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.wired.com/story/let-the-internet-die/

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  • book@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    wallhop.io/https://…/let-the-internet-die/

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  • luciole@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    What yall commenting about? The article’s paywalled 😑

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    • Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      That was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.

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    • Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨45⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      The new internet they enjoying. Walled.

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    • beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨47⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      archive.ph/sNbrl

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  • wings@lemmy.rimfaxe.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nah, just move to the fediverse instead

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    • tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’ve brought the slop here too, comrade.

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      • Naich@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s easier to block it here, and it doesn’t get forced down your throat in the first place. If Elon Twatface came on here, everyone could ignore him and he’d go away. He couldn’t buy it and force his bullshit on us either.

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      • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        "They" being people. It might be a feature of just having enough people in a group.

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