Re:We need to rewild the internet
by gilmore606 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @11:22PM
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> We cannot tell all people below certain IQ to just stop using the internet
What, why not? It couldn't be that hard to trick them.
Start an ssh-only bbs.
Re:We need to rewild the internet
by probably_wrong on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @04:44AM
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I have considered something like that in the past. The problem is that you can't stop someone else from making a web frontend (with ads on it, of course) and now you're back to were you started.
Fairly straightforward to block such shenanigans.
I think Tor has done an amazing job at keeping those away who don't want to put effort into niche web-surfing, and those easily scared and/or duped into not discovering less-charted territories. Not to mention, it costs a LOT of money to mirror clearweb material on the deep web - and it's a grueling process. I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet was re-wilded in the context of Onion routing and Tor relays.
Blocking other users that (probably) did nothing wrong is always the first thing that comes to mind.
Do people with bigger IQ is more ethical, more friendly, more interesting, more liberal to different views?
Do people here is more ethical, more friendly, more interesting, more liberal to different views?
Re:We need to rewild the internet
by bingbangboom on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @01:38AM
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>We cannot tell all people below certain IQ to just stop using the internet
Not directly, but we can ban children from the internet (or at least force them into read-only mode) via some legally enforced anonymized federal ID system.
I'd accept the privacy risks associated with that in order to fix the internet.
I regret to inform you that IQ is not a function of age, and that you have forfeited your right to post.
Please enjoy the read-only experience here until you grow up.
We don't need to ban "normies" from the internet, we just need to build a parallel web and put our content there. Stop caring about SEO and discoverability. Stop trying to build a brand. Share things you create. Link to things you like. That's it. And this parallel web exists. It's the original web. It didn't go away just because Google doesn't show it to you. It's still fun and full of creativity. Social media denizens have already chosen to voluntarily exclude themselves from it.
1. The old internet had certain entry barrier, which in turn allowed higher-quality content. We cannot tell all people below certain IQ to just stop using the internet so that websites wouldn't cater to them in the pursue of maximizing their userbase.
2. The internet's main purpose was entertainment, which allowed huge experimentation and creativity. Nowadays we mainly use the internet as a tool to complete daily tasks, which means it should be boring and reliable. Imagine going to a subway station only to learn that on that particular day only people in green trousers are allowed.
3. Big tech appeared because big tech allows to do things more efficiently, which is something we do want.
4. The internet was new, therefore interesting.
5. Most of our lives were offline, therefore spending time online was inherently fun because it was something different. Games! Music! Chat rooms! Pedophiles! Nowadays we mostly live online - we work online, we socialize online, we date online, we consume media online, we do all the boring life responsibilities online. It's the offline life that actually allows certain forms of escapism.
Internet was fun, but now it's dead, time to move on and stop molesting a spasming corpse.