Cartoon: Web's end

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@holeinthehead2 I wish we could go back to the stumbleupon / webrings era of the web.

@holeinthehead2 @evan

I guess this wouldn't fit the comic exactly but until social media existed, we mostly still relied on websites being talked about by off-web mass media to get known. the virality of social media boosts changed that. collectively, we now had that power. closed platforms with ads and algos tried to wrest it back from us, but then came the social web. the open web greatly expanded free speech but it took fedi to give us #DemocracyOfReach

@holeinthehead2 Glad it had a positive end!
@holeinthehead2 Quoting the Chemical Brothers: "The time has come to... push the button....
My finger is on the button...
The time has come to
Galvanize"
@holeinthehead2 last screen is getting MORE POPULAR as social media CANNOT BE TRUSTED ANYMORE ...
@holeinthehead2 At this point most people don't use the internet for fun anymore, they use it cause it's practically mandatory.