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Re:The Day the Good Internet Died by Natsu on Sunday August 01, 2021 @09:44PM (#28032069)
There are MUDs still around last I knew, but I think that Eternal September was the harbinger of the end.

I think we need to look at more P2P communication to make the web smaller again. Share things with only your connections again, not FAANG & the entire world.

If your friends want to signal boost something, sure they can to their connections, but the default should be that you get stuff from someone directly connected to you, not via systems run by giant companies trying to learn how best to sell things to & manipulate the world.

Re:The Day the Good Internet Died by depingus on Monday August 02, 2021 @02:03AM (#28033355)
> I think we need to look at more P2P communication to make the web smaller again. Share things with only your connections again, not FAANG & the entire world.

There's stuff like that out there now. Secure Scuttlebutt comes to mind.

Re:The Day the Good Internet Died by Natsu on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:38PM (#28043029)
Yeah, I've heard of a few such things. The trick is to get more users onto them instead of FAANG products.
Re:The Day the Good Internet Died by birdyrooster on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:47AM (#28033291)
Plug for my favorite: https://alteraeon.com/