AI is spam
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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VRChat still has a little old internet. Some worlds are weird, but some communities engage in stimulating discourse. Of course, avatars and such are monetized to some extent, but not the spoken content (please don't monetize speech).
The only thing that feels akin to early internet to me is the chat in video games. I miss being able to moderate things with my own brain thx.
I got called colorful slurs for being shitty at Deadlocked the other day. Kinda nostalgic.
Same... I tried Kagi small web which kinda promised to fix it but so far every page is a hyper-focused version of everything I hate. It somehow made it even worse.
I think it can't really solve the problem because the people that want that tight nit free and open. Internet are already retreating from engaging with whatever this is.
People have repeatedly called things "Web 3.0" but I think we've legitimately made it finally and I hate it.
Me either. Feels weird to be complaining about it on the internet though. It's almost like the solution is self-evident. Oh, well. It'll come to me.
Yeah, well it's full of malicious actors now, an they generally out influence and overwhelm the ordinary user.
The internet was nice when it was a non-profit space for nerds, but now it's the main way to peddle money and influence in the world so it's nasty and corrupt.
the ideas of the early net were merely ideals and were never going to last once money got involved. very few ideals ever last once money and power become the currency.
!indieweb@lemmy.ml and !smallweb@lemmy.ml and friends are your saviour
Edit: I forget how the fuck to link communities without putting the whole URL
Edit edit: oh yeah, ! in front of name
Escape to the smøl web! The tildeverse calls.
there’s a typo at the end,
“These isolas are now much harder to find in the [pail] of slop, and I don’t see a way back.”
I’d expect nothing less from an evergreen guru gasp
Happy to show the way, as always. ;)
i do. games have matchmaking, reddit and startpage searches help me a lot. even microsoft has basic excel videos uploaded. easy to find torrents, easy to customise your phone experience. i dont have to suffer with irc or msn.
you just need to set up a strict browser and some blocking rules, and you are good to go.
i have to admit, i never cared about blogs, never felt the need to read anything. i like to browse forums tho. xda, vogons, mobilism, stuff like that still exists.