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usonian

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3. I was there! When "dot com" was invented. Oh, the deluge of crap.

Reply to MiHale (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 3, 2023, 01:59 PM

Oct 2023

Search engines; there were several, and nobody had a money model, which devolved into advertising and hence, surveillance capitalism, as "targeted ads" became the rage.

You had some trolls on usenet, and some limited "social sites" ... AOL?

The other big downward turn was when sites like FB decided to lock in eyeballs even more by becoming "your news source", feeding news that agreed with your views, creating echo chambers ....

Oh well. Let's see where this latest turn of events leads.

Something REALLY social is needed, more like DU.

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Web 3.0 is officially here (And of course, it's AI. This affects everyone, not just computer geeks) [View all] usonian Oct 2023 OP

Internet started as such a wonderful thing then... MiHale Oct 2023 #1

I was there! When "dot com" was invented. Oh, the deluge of crap. usonian Oct 2023 #3

In the army... MiHale Oct 2023 #4

I was in aerospace and then university when it all changed. usonian Oct 2023 #5

👍👍 MiHale Oct 2023 #8

Only furthers my theory that advertising ruins everything. Initech Oct 2023 #6

This is another major assault on privacy FakeNoose Oct 2023 #2

And people wonder why I still carry a flip-phone. Angleae Oct 2023 #7