10 Dead Internet (aka Digital Wall) in the easy steps: 1) search for something on a search engine 2) notice the "billions of results" 3) page through results abs notice there's only several hundred, many from the same sources. (youtu.be) posted 2 years ago by KiloRomeo 2 years ago by KiloRomeo +10 / -0 7 comments share 7 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I remember the time before Search Engines.
When Yahoo! was about wrestling.
When DMOZ had curated subject guides with great websites listed.
When related websites had Webrings linked to each other so you could explore a topic from enthusiastic hobbyists.
When flaming skull gifs were everywhere.
When people posted links to the websites they liked.
When you could chat in IRC without some admin banning your channel (though channels still had jannies - but that was for griefers).
We all thought that was the future, unfettered freedom without corporate overlords running the show.
Then the normies came.
We called it The September That Never Ended
I also blame unlimited capital soaked into tech provided by endless printing