AnilNov 17, 2022
With the revitalization of the open web and the fediverse, it’s worth revisiting all of the parts of the social web that we’ve lost, and reflecting on how we might rebuild them in a Mastodon world. https://anildash.com/2016/08/08/the-lost-infrastructure-of-social-media/
The lost infrastructure of social media.

More than a decade ago, the earliest era of blogging provided a set of separate but related technologies that helped the nascent form thrive. Today, most have faded away and been forgotten, but new incarnations of these features could still be valuable.As social networks grew in popularity and influence,

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@anildash amazing how this is from 2016...i didn't twig until i hit the 'all the advertising $ is moving to FB' section & then i looked at the date. i miss all those arcane pre-2010 blog era features...
Nov 17, 2022 at 2:20amWeb