Mastodawn

"I’m not the only one. Personal sites are coming back. RSS feeds are coming back. Webrings are coming back. People are remembering that a website can be a home or a place instead of a profile."

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

Yessss @tg - this echoes what I've been thinking lately, but put in much more depth and eloquence than I could have managed.

The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

Terry Godier

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Ben Curthoys May 26

@sarajw @tg In trying to find a balance between "the addictive psychic poison of smartphone social media" and "the need to learn about and prepare for participation in online culture", my 11yo has a nokia and an email address like it's 2003.

I should set her up a proper oldschool blog too.

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Sara Joy

@bencurthoys it's hard! Our kids have access to tablets but the time they use them is very limited.

I sort of plan that as they get older, we have some family pool smartphones, that they can use when leaving the house for the things these phones do well - maps, location sharing (with their consent once they are older ofc) - and on those I think whatsapp etc will be there, but on the understanding that anyone in the family might see it.

Teenagerhood does need privacy too, so will have to see...