All of this technology, freedom and time and what did the internet end up becoming? A playground for a handful of big companies to control discourse.

[RetardedChinlet]

This is such a nightmare scenario. Imagine how horrifying the current state of things would be to the internet pioneers of 90s and 00s? That the end result is just a strictly controlled and heavily restricted platform for approved speech? I can not believe this is real.

 

[Zhou Chang-Xing]

I'm glad that there are still forums like this around where we can act like the good old internet of the 1990's and 2000's. Notice that the monopolisation occurred when 4G data became a thing which allowed mobile internet, many companies started to bend down to Apple's standards and regulations which favoured larger companies.

 

[RetardedChinlet]

Up until the release of the first iphone (2007) the internet was a place for socially awkward nerds to converse. Once normies got internet access it became their shitting ground. You get bullied for being a loser irl on the internet now by people who go to parties every week. I miss when these fucks were contained to twitter and instagram but theyve escaped containment.

But I don't think that's even the main problem. Normies could have their own platforms for sure, but a disgustingly big portion of internet traffic is now in the control of some big tech company with evil interests.

 

[Zhou Chang-Xing]

Up until the release of the first iphone (2007) the internet was a place for socially awkward nerds to converse. Once normies got internet access it became their shitting ground. You get bullied for being a loser irl on the internet now by people who go to parties every week. I miss when these fucks were contained to twitter and instagram but theyve escaped containment.

Yep, these bullies are now everywhere. I remember that once Reddit was considered to be "a very nerdy" place and these people didn't even know how to post anything anywhere. Easy access internet gave easy access to everyone.

Now that everyone and their grand-mother is online it means that every online space is being swarmed with these people.

 

[RetardedChinlet]

I'm glad that there are still forums like this around where we can act like the good old internet of the 1990's and 2000's. Notice that the monopolisation occurred when 4G data became a thing which allowed mobile internet, many companies started to bend down to Apple's standards and regulations which favoured larger companies.

Hmm, smart phone app stores might be a big factor for the change as they're heavily regulated and probably drive a shit ton of internet traffic.

>I'm glad that there are still forums like this around
Yes but this place is basically an exception to prove the rule. It's one relatively free forum and voila, it also happens to be a major honeypot and aquarium for outsiders to observe.

 

[Zhou Chang-Xing]

But I don't think that's even the main problem. Normies could have their own platforms for sure, but a disgustingly big portion of internet traffic is now in the control of some big tech company with evil interests.

Yes, but places like this still exists. 4Chan still exists, Newgrounds still exists, most of the old internet still exists. Bullshit sites just take up most of the traffic but the old internet is still out there.

 

[RetardedChinlet]

I'm unironically for moving to TOR only to escape the normies. We'd have our own hidden lil internet.

I've tried TOR but it doesn't seem to host much interesting content outside the world of crime. Nobody is going to bother using it just for a casual discussion forum, I think.

 

[RetardedChinlet]

There were some good forums in 2019-2020 but they're gone now

Yes, TOR sites have short lifespans it seems.

 

[iceandblood]

Seeing a post like this reminds me of how cucked things are, but also conforts me and puts a smile on my face because I know the world still has intelligent people like you who actually realise this

 

[uo89997]

If technology didn't exist half the people on this forum would not be incels as there would be more human interaction and chances to meet girls as well as less porn and a more monogamous society.

 

[Rick prime]

This is such a nightmare scenario. Imagine how horrifying the current state of things would be to the internet pioneers of 90s and 00s? That the end result is just a strictly controlled and heavily restricted platform for approved speech? I can not believe this is real.

This is dissapointmentverse. What did you think what was going to happen

 

[based_meme]

If technology didn't exist half the people on this forum would not be incels as there would be more human interaction and chances to meet girls as well as less porn and a more monogamous society.

Uncle Ted was right all along.

 

[Schizoidcel]

View: https://youtu.be/T0nR2U4msHQ?t=28

 

[Emba]

The internet is a lot like money....

Eventually it all gets concentrated into a few hands.

In my small town, the richest man is the shopkeeper!

 

[NirvanaFan1988]

Up until the release of the first iphone (2007) the internet was a place for socially awkward nerds to converse. Once normies got internet access it became their shitting ground. You get bullied for being a loser irl on the internet now by people who go to parties every week. I miss when these fucks were contained to twitter and instagram but theyve escaped containment.

Lmfao normies taint everything they touch.

 

[dOOmerbOI]

Those two things are correlated. Normies started using the internet en masse and companies decided to profit.

 

[Bedford Stye]

This is such a nightmare scenario. Imagine how horrifying the current state of things would be to the internet pioneers of 90s and 00s? That the end result is just a strictly controlled and heavily restricted platform for approved speech? I can not believe this is real.

The swamp cannot allow free speech.

 

[Glerforpus]

Normies started using the internet en masse and companies decided to profit

I’d argue the companies wanted more users and this began marketing to normies, which led to what we have today. Back then you at least had to have the know how of computers in order to get online. Now everything is sanitized and user friendly.