Re:The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends
by mananaysiempre on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:09AM
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>> In ye olden days the whole world didn’t exist
> This! Why is it everything we build is to communicate with the world?
Can’t say why, but it’s been the case since the communcation method of choice was shortwave radio, varying flavours of websites aside. Even just tuning in to a foreign station on a clear frosty night, for those of lesser technical means, was magic. Talking to people you never met on IRC felt like a continuation of that, especially when you had basically nobody in easy physical reach that you could converse with about your interests.
It feels strange to hear people talk as though Steve Jobs announced communication with strangers alongside the iPhone, when it’s always been a big path of the point—and initially most of the point—of the Internet for you.
> This! Why is it everything we build is to communicate with the world?
Can’t say why, but it’s been the case since the communcation method of choice was shortwave radio, varying flavours of websites aside. Even just tuning in to a foreign station on a clear frosty night, for those of lesser technical means, was magic. Talking to people you never met on IRC felt like a continuation of that, especially when you had basically nobody in easy physical reach that you could converse with about your interests.
It feels strange to hear people talk as though Steve Jobs announced communication with strangers alongside the iPhone, when it’s always been a big path of the point—and initially most of the point—of the Internet for you.