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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 21:11:44 JST Jason Evangelho

   This. SO MUCH this.

   “I was on the internet in the 1990s, and I remember when people just made stuff for fun — as a gift to other people. It seems like there’s less and less of that spirit remaining, and it’s why the internet sucks now. It’s why I have to append ‘reddit’ to my Google searches to avoid getting SEO glurge.”

   https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23618804/google-facebook-login-ads-web-design-hell

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     Ryuno-Ki (ryunoki@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 02:46:31 JST Ryuno-Ki

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     • Max Böck

     @killyourfm
     Hop over to https://whimsical.club - curated by the fantastic @mxbck

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 06:13:38 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Eduardo Maschio

     @dooms god, I could discuss this for days.

     Suffice to say I agree with you. As I finished this article, a small part of me was disappointed the author didn't brighten things up by offering a solution. Even a silly one. (Not that escaping into nature isn't a valid one, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem).

     Maybe if there's enough pushback against horrendous web design practices. Maybe if enough people are willing to abandon the conveniences Google provides. Maybe if we see more ...

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     Eduardo Maschio (dooms@qubit-social.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 06:13:39 JST Eduardo Maschio

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     @killyourfm So let's say I want to make part of this change. How? When? I think this should be more of an alarm sound for awakening and doing something about it rather than just agreeing and complaining. What do you think?

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 06:16:10 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Eduardo Maschio

     @dooms ...people continue to start personal blogs again, or embrace the Fediverse (with both their time AND wallet).

     I don't know, I feel like it would take an almost insurmountable number of hurdles jumped to even start solving this. I WANT to. I don't know where to start either.

     The mixtapes I share are my way of doing something fun and free on the internet, but we need a MASSIVE and global cultural shift in mindset.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 06:21:28 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Eduardo Maschio

     @dooms Speaking as a former tech journalist who became so disenchanted with having to churn out more content to make less money (and forced to appease the ever-more-hungry Google SEO machine), I honestly lost faith in the whole operation.

     I thought I had something more profound to say...

     Just think the entire structure of the internet needs to be nuked and paved.