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[aboardRat4]

>Do you remember when the internet was human? When a message from a stranger on another continent felt like magic?

I remember the time when the only people on the internet were people who could pay for an expensive toy (a computer) with a keyboard, which they used in the evenings after their education-intensive jobs. Ah, and also naive kids of the same people.

This age is not coming back, because the reason it disappeared is smartphones.

[oytis → aboardRat4]

> This age is not coming back, because the reason it disappeared is smartphones.

What about making you social media desktop-optimized?

[aboardRat4 → oytis]

>What about making you social media desktop-optimized?

It's not me who is making the market, it's the people who "create content": write posts, share music, take photos.

They are not doing that any more, because smartphones are luring their attention away.

Gatekeeping works when there are no other options.

[pavel_lishin → aboardRat4]

I arrived well after Eternal September began, but even that looks very rosy-tinted compared to the slop-filled internet of today. An Eternal Sloptember, if you will.