I’m tired of the libertarian culture on the internet

@bubbles I have no clue how "libertarian culture" and freedom is at odds with creating "cozy corners". The post is trying to say something, but instead of saying it, it tries to find some deeper ideological concept that's just not there.
@vrypan @bubbles "libertarian culture" and freedom themselves are quite ideological concepts with deep histories. That aside, "libertarian culture" isn't incompatible with "cozy corners;" what's being argued here is the hyper-focus on the individual precludes the creation of "cozy corners" - those corners aren't necessary and, in the corporatization of the internet, certainly aren't profitable. The profit motive then becomes overriding bc what else is there?

@riz0me @bubbles There may be many ways to interpret “libertarian culture” on the Internet, but for me at the core is freedom, privacy, distrust of centralized control, self-sovereignty. The web is social by definition, at the very core we have links that connect content and ideas in ways never before possible.

> the profit motive […] what else is there… (1/2)

Oh, many things that give purpose. Recognition among peers, friends, team mates. Enjoyment of interacting with people that have interesting things to day.

Many of us maintain blogs for decades, updating them as technologies change, spending hours and days to make them look prettier, to load faster, to be easier to read, for no profit, only those little joys. (2/2)
@riz0me @bubbles