Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (2019)
by WillPostForFood on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @08:41PM
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The good thing about MySpace, which was arguably also its weakness to Facebook, was that you weren't forced to use a real name. You could create multiple accounts, multiple identities, let your freak flag fly. Facebook/Instagram are so tied to people's real lives that you don't just have to filter yourself, you basically have to construct a false happy life for public display.
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? (2019)
by hbn on Thursday July 07, 2022 @10:19AM
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That's the direction the internet has been moving in general, and naïve people are getting on-board with the corporate sales pitch that removing anonymity from the internet enables us to catch pedophiles or nazis or something.
Police state utopia!