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.
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!