Molly WhiteMany yearn for the "good old days" of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
Rick O@molly0xfff I used to have to sit down at my computer with intent. I was taking time to go do something online. And it felt more like hunting or exploring. Nowadays it's much more often a passive experience of consumption. Scrolling on my phone hoping something interesting will come to me via one of the few sites a regularly visit. I could still go hunting for the niche stuff, but it's just so easy to scroll a little bit more.
Chris@rickoooooo @molly0xfff what you’re said here really sums it up for me too. If I want to find something new, fun, or interesting I now have to just hope it appears on one of my feeds. There are so few places that curate things like this any more, or make discovery easy.
Webrings, simple websites, the yahoo directory, and blogs like how BoingBoing used to be don’t feel like they are around any more.
@FiniteLooper @molly0xfff I sometimes wonder if I'm just not looking for it because it's easier to scroll. Or maybe I can't remember how I used to find the interesting stuff. I recently discovered tilde.town through Mastodon and that place looks really fun.