
@hhardy01 Actually, that's not quite correct. people still use their own website, these still use decentralized services.
Facebook and Google just lowered the bar, giving publishing access to people who aren't technical. the problem was usability, and the Internet Moguls solved it for the vast majority until they became the de facto standard.
if we want a free internet for the masses, using it needs to be user friendly.
@[email protected] nah, Vic Fontaine is a great reminder that after seven years, the crew has seen do much things going batshit that talking to a second rate Sinatra parody about your problems sounds like the sane thing to do.
Even to Worf, who should know all about sentiment holograms and the associated dangers of the holodeck from the Enterprise.