Post #1238997

2026-03-23 05:00 UTC

@ilovecomputers I feel like the core of what we loved about the internet is there - it's hiding in chat rooms, little closed member forums, hand crafted websites. It's not gone, just harder to see, but if you dig through the muck, you find yourself in a small meadow with a few other folks who might share with you something good.

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@B_Archer@tech.lgbt 2026-03-23 06:00

@triptych @ilovecomputers Yes. It's back to DIY and user created content, like at first.

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@mutkitta@mastodontti.fi 2026-03-23 06:18

@triptych @ilovecomputers Any recommendations? :) I agree that the web is usable and pretty nice using RSS to follow blogs. I also love blogs with a comment section with the same community of people discussing the topic. What I miss somewhat are dedicated web forums that are active. Something like Head-fi and Steve Hoffman's forum for music. I wish for forums like that for other topics, as well.

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@NatureMC@mastodon.online 2026-03-23 09:13

@triptych Yes, it's up there but more and more hidden by AI Slop. And people don't dig the mud, they are tired. For a normal, simple professional search, I nowadays need more than 3 times longer: to find "something", to fact-check, to find traces for more. I work with a bunch of internal databases/platforms but it's crazy to get results inside the fog. Often I don't get these results anymore. I'm not very optimistic. @ilovecomputers

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@MisterSmith@mastodon.social 2026-03-30 00:39

@triptych @ilovecomputers i never stopped feeling the vibe of diy and having your own style, errupting into happiness when sb wrote in your guestbook world. Close, personal and open. I always hid invisible links to fav stuff in single letters of website text to discover. Presently I have a similar website running for me to find and remember stuff when I need it.

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