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Refugee incoming from corpweb.

~skedaddle3644

Hello, my name is Skedaddle.

I feel old, ancient, I hear myself saying “when I was younger this and that was better, blah blah blah”. Just like old people do. However, I'm certain the web was better.

The web was a place of collaboration, intrigue, personal power, and the ability to build your own thing, all while visiting others bit of cyberspace too.

Then, the Corpweb snuck in.

Corporations sucked all the fun out of the net without me really noticing. I vaguely remember posts on Digg, then old Reddit warning the web would be taken over, filled with banner ads, controlled by massive corporations. Then it happened, we are living it. It slipped by us in the night, slowly morphing into the monster our friends and family use every day, sucking away at their life.

Now I've found you guys, the Indy web, and I'm happy again. A world of possibilities has opened up, the web as it should be, and I'm so excited!

Big tech be damned, I'll take this corner of the web any day over that nonsense.

So, hello, I'm Skedaddle, it's nice to find you, and make your acquaintance.

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~strandedchangeling wrote (thread):

Sup. Fellow newcomer here.

I barely remember the old internet. I was a sheltered child, and the corpweb takeover was already well underway by the time I "joined the internet" so to speak. It can be a hell of an adjustment going from corpweb to slower, more personal corners of the web like this. I feel like I'm rewiring my brain away from instant gratification and analytics and back towards a healthier model of interacting with other people, you know? It's nice. Difficult, but nice.

~milf_god wrote (thread):

Haha I remember making a post similar to this when I first stumbled upon the Pub. This place really is like an oasis in the middle of all the craziness of the modern web. Happy to have you here at the Midnight Pub!

~port53 wrote (thread):

Hi Skedaddle,

I’m Albus, or port53. But I get it, we live in this world that is obsessed with monetization, and it’s tiring. However, I think lately I’ve also moved away from the big players. More towards the “well build it yourself” crowd. It just makes me smile more, and that’s something I can get behind.

I’m new here too. But it’s lovely to see you.

Tootles

~Albus

~tskaalgard wrote (thread):

Welcome!

I feel like there was a period of time in the late 2000s and early 2010s where it felt like FOSS was gonna take over? Everyone was using Android (pre-Google!), Firefox, Kodi/XBMC, Adium/Pidgin...

Then the CorporateWeb™ swooped in and took over. What a shame.

~inquiry wrote (thread):

I suspect the sum total of "littler players" obsessed with the word 'monetize' played more than a little role in the evolution of The Great Shitshow as well.

Howdy, Skedaddle! May the force of text be with you!