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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by Nasrudith on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:51PM (#19039332)
I think the answer is sturgeon's law essentially. Even by the standards of social media freeform customization degrades consistency. Most people aren't good at it or interested in learning it for its own sake.

Essentially with mass adoption it got increasingly lowest common denominator.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by duxup on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:34AM (#19044921)
Yeah that's kinda what I was getting at.

Still sad that the two couldn't live side by side, a standard experience with a customization one.

I get why it wouldn't just if you were making a product now with two different experiences and one would take a lot more maintenance.

Still.... everyone's facebook or twitter account or whatever looks the same. Feels to me like we lost a lot of personality.

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