> if you require everybody to host their own content on their own websites, you go back to the old days of the internet where the only content was published by nerds. which had a certain charm, but was a lot smaller and less inclusive than today's internet.
I'm afraid it's mostly inclusive in the sense of "you're included in the menu" rather than "you're included in the dinner guest list". It's easier than ever to be a human battery for someone else's social media machine. Not sure it's a good thing. I don't see it equivalent to running your own website in the "old days" in any but most superficial ways.
Seeing how some of the non-technical people use Facebook is just soul-crushing.
Even when people are fairly technical, many do not seem to realize the psychological costs to them individually, and social costs to everyone around them collectively.
I'm afraid it's mostly inclusive in the sense of "you're included in the menu" rather than "you're included in the dinner guest list". It's easier than ever to be a human battery for someone else's social media machine. Not sure it's a good thing. I don't see it equivalent to running your own website in the "old days" in any but most superficial ways.
Seeing how some of the non-technical people use Facebook is just soul-crushing.
Even when people are fairly technical, many do not seem to realize the psychological costs to them individually, and social costs to everyone around them collectively.