If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs (2020)

Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by elliekelly on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:47AM (#28593204)

Inferior products prevail all the time. The free market is far from perfect. Especially when one product exploits negative externalities.

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by giansegato on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:20AM (#28594070)

I don't think our average Carl will use a blog instead of Instagram to share his thoughts.

Yes, inferior products prevail from time to time, especially when those negative externalities you mention help consolidate a dominant position.

But social networks do not charge money. People are free to open as many blogs as they want. If they didn't when they were raging in the early 2000s there must a reason.

Reality is complex, especially human motivations. But to argue that blogs are a superior for the mainstream public to share themselves to an audience is a bit intellectually unfair.

Like... distribution?

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Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would ... by tharne on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:23AM (#28594104)

> Inferior products prevail all the time. The free market is far from perfect. Especially when one product exploits negative externalities.

Exhibit A being the QWERTY keyboard most of us are typing on right now.

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