Re:Caught in the Study Web
by pjc50 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @06:49AM
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> "Study Web" makes it seem like it's something well established or institutionalized. Which is just not true
Does it? I'm not sure what institutions I'd expect to see for the "X web" for any X. Decentralised, innit.
> DIY Web, Music Web, Cat Pictures Web
A very long time ago there were "webrings" for that. Nowadays there's definitely cute names for subcommunities on platforms; "witchtok" and "weird twitter" come to mind, but "gamer youtuber" (in the style of pewdiepie) was practically synonymous with "youtuber" at one point.
Does it? I'm not sure what institutions I'd expect to see for the "X web" for any X. Decentralised, innit.
> DIY Web, Music Web, Cat Pictures Web
A very long time ago there were "webrings" for that. Nowadays there's definitely cute names for subcommunities on platforms; "witchtok" and "weird twitter" come to mind, but "gamer youtuber" (in the style of pewdiepie) was practically synonymous with "youtuber" at one point.