@Libb@jlai.lu Well to be honest, there was a time on the internet that felt like people produced content which was not driven in any way by profit. This content was purely made to socialise with other people who spent a lot of time using the internet.
I think the internet has a lot of potential for being a place for growing ourselves individually and socially, instead of being somewhere toxic or profit driven. That’s what I mean by productive: growing ourselves and growing community. Also growing these things without some form of profiting company looming over it.
That’s how I view something like the fediverse, or how I view personal blogs like your own blog for example.
I only mentioned social media apps, not the Internet which is much older (I started using BBS in the early 80s and my first web browser was Mosaic). So yeah, the Internet has the potential, and always had. Not sure it will have for much longer though but that’s another question.
The issue is that for more and more people ‘the Internet’ is nothing but an empty space in which they can find their ‘app of choice’ or their service of choice. And they have no idea there is a thriving world that is well-alive outside of those walled gardens Including the many remaining blogs—like mine, which is tiny, and so many others. A lot of blogs are and non corporate owned websites also try to monetize their content, though, but many, like mine, do not.
Edit: clicked publish too quickly, added the rest of my reply.
@Libb@jlai.lu Well to be honest, there was a time on the internet that felt like people produced content which was not driven in any way by profit. This content was purely made to socialise with other people who spent a lot of time using the internet.
I think the internet has a lot of potential for being a place for growing ourselves individually and socially, instead of being somewhere toxic or profit driven. That’s what I mean by productive: growing ourselves and growing community. Also growing these things without some form of profiting company looming over it.
That’s how I view something like the fediverse, or how I view personal blogs like your own blog for example.
I only mentioned social media apps, not the Internet which is much older (I started using BBS in the early 80s and my first web browser was Mosaic). So yeah, the Internet has the potential, and always had. Not sure it will have for much longer though but that’s another question.
The issue is that for more and more people ‘the Internet’ is nothing but an empty space in which they can find their ‘app of choice’ or their service of choice. And they have no idea there is a thriving world that is well-alive outside of those walled gardens Including the many remaining blogs—like mine, which is tiny, and so many others. A lot of blogs are and non corporate owned websites also try to monetize their content, though, but many, like mine, do not.
Edit: clicked publish too quickly, added the rest of my reply.