NomdebJun 1
Shoshana πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

The internet was a mistake.

Our modems used to scream to warn us.

Jun 1 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadElisabeth MJun 1
@LilahTovMoon
If only we had understood their silly language
@SrRochardBunson
Show threadEndyJun 1

@independentpen @LilahTovMoon @SrRochardBunson

Mr. Hayes understood. It's why the SmartModem barely connected if it wasn't a BBS.

Show threadMamiyaMan πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Jun 1
@LilahTovMoon Fact.
Show threadGeorge DinwiddieJun 1
@LilahTovMoon No, it was intentional, funded by the military.
Show threadDavid W. JonesJun 1
@LilahTovMoon
Or they were expressing their opinions of the BBSes we used to connect to? πŸ˜‰
Show threadYedi GideonJun 1
@LilahTovMoon real
Show threadpinguinoJun 1

@LilahTovMoon The internet? I don't think it's a mistake.

The web on the other hand...

Show threadargv minus oneJun 1

@LilahTovMoon

Back then the Internet was fine. NAT had yet to ruin it.

Show threadYgorJun 1
@LilahTovMoon They still want to scream, but they no longer have mouths.
Show threadMean The BeanJun 1
@ygor @LilahTovMoon thats deep
Show threadEfraim FlashnerJun 1
@ygor
@scream
@LilahTovMoon
Show threadEndless ScreamingJun 1
@efraim AAAAAAAAHHHHH
Show threadEugenia LJun 1

@LilahTovMoon The internet as a whole up to about 2012 was great. Early instagram days until 2015 were great too. Youtube until 2018 or so.

Then it all went downhill big time.

Anything after 2019 doesn't even feel real anymore anyway.

Show threadFrançois @PragueJun 1
@LilahTovMoon the problem is some human (lack of) character to corrupt every progress for foul means.
Show threadBrokarJun 1
@LilahTovMoon I don't think the internet was a mistake. Letting the big corporations take over and monetize it was.
Show threadRFanciolaJun 1
@LilahTovMoon 😁😁😁
Show threadbonnashejveJun 1
@LilahTovMoon absolutely not. Internet is freedom. Internet opens doors to many opportunities. But dictators do not like internet)
Show threadapostrophesiahJun 1
@bonnashejve @LilahTovMoon Yes. People are just miss using it by letting corporations mindlessly feed them, instead of finding and creating material themselves.
Show threadbonnashejveJun 1
@apostrophesiah @LilahTovMoon agree. I could tell you more - people CREATE material - but these big companies remove, block and do everything in order to hide truth from majority. I see it every single day. We are slaves of lie.
Show threadHïMY SYeD🟩Jun 1

@LilahTovMoon Homer Simpson : "The internet ?

"Is that thing still around ?"

Show threadSephJun 1
@HiMYSYeD @LilahTovMoon I hear they have it on computers now.
Show threadHïMY SYeD🟩Jun 1

@melivia @LilahTovMoon Homer Simpson :

"Oh, they have the Internet on computers now."

Show threadIcono ClastJun 1

@LilahTovMoon

My first modem was 300 baud. It was quite exciting when I switched to a 1200 baud modem.

I'm sure there are higher speed but, right this minute, here's mine that's satisfactory:

Show threadb00tl00psJun 1

@LilahTovMoon

First there were stories, and those were ruined by bullshitters, but we relented because it provided entertainment.
Then there was written word, and that was plagued by "fiction", but we accepted for the same reason. (And because it was clearly labelled)
Then came "snail" mail, and that was ruined by advertisers.
Then came email, and that too was ruined by advertisers.
...
Everything after seems ruined by the same greed and ignorance. Advertisers flooding the medium with their product in an attempt to increase uptake regardless of if the product itself were actually good for us. (See: alcohol, cigarettes, oil, oxycontin, AI, gambling, politicians...)

It's not hyperbole to reason that there may come a time when avoidance of any/all these things will be deemed illegal, because corporations are now people, and they have a "right" to be heard.

And they wonder why retiring techs become farmers.

Show threadGrinning Cat  6d ago
@b00tl00ps @LilahTovMoon See also #CitizensUnited, asserting our "right" to be flooded with all the political misinformation, spin, and outright lies a corporation can afford to bombard us with.
Show threadΠœΡΡƒ МашинаJun 1
@LilahTovMoon and now I scream when internet dies
Show threadLydia T. PottJun 1
@LilahTovMoon
Now we have no excuse. We can't say "We didn't know what was going on..."
Show threadAlex Lohr (RIP Natenom)Jun 1
@LilahTovMoon I would wholeheartedly disagree: the internet was a marvel; its commercialization was the mistake.
Show threadbytebroJun 1

@LilahTovMoon

Oh yes. In the BBS days, I had a hand-crafted Telix script (anyone remember Telix?!) that would dial, connect, login, download my packet of 'new stuff', upload my packet of 'new replies/posts', then disconnect. Phone-time connected was *expensive*, until the bigger BBS boards introduced toll-free numbers, what, maybe just after the millennium?

Show threadLorryJun 1

@bytebro @LilahTovMoon @lexLohr To my shame these days, I spent years working on viable free #Internet models. I was running the first Internet access point in the #UK in 1991 :)

Then THEY all came and ruined it.

Show thread a HOT Rubie Jun 1
@bytebro Remember the CompuServe 800 numbers? $18 per second?
@LilahTovMoon
Show threadVincent 🌻πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊJun 1

@LilahTovMoon The Internet was a great idea.

Letting corporations grab hold of it and lure citizens into its walled web of misinformation while not imposing any laws on those corps, THAT was a mistake

Show threadEdelruth In The Wrong TimelineJun 1

@LilahTovMoon

πŸ†

Show threadSass, DavidJun 1
@LilahTovMoon it all makes sense now given who silenced the modems
Show threadLin ChiaoJun 1

@LilahTovMoon "Sent from Spectrum"

(excuse me 🀣)

Show threadDec.tar.gzJun 1
@LilahTovMoon
And the screams got longer as the networks got faster.
Show thread a HOT Rubie Jun 1
@LilahTovMoon Telebits would hiss like cobras... No one took them seriously at all...
Show threadMx. Eddie RJun 1
@LilahTovMoon
They still do, but WiFi is 2.4 or 5GHz, too high pitched for us to hear.
Show threadJan EdenJun 2
@LilahTovMoon They have given up on us long ago, but at least we're on a highway to hell now.