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This has been a strange year.

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[–] Quark95@lemmy.fmhy.ml 106 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Man, this really isn’t a good year for the internet

[–] dan@lemm.ee 122 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Or it could be a really fucking great year. It could mark the end of commercialised social media and the beginnings of truly widespread adoption of free and open alternatives.

[–] Quark95@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I appreciate your optimistic view on the situation. I really hope Lemmy will one day reach the same level of popularity as Reddit.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

I hope it will remain a bit more niche, but yeah.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago

You gave a hopeless soul some hope today. Thank you.

[–] FistfulOfStars@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Just wait until the "targeted ad" bubble pops because people realize it's all a fraudulently inflated market with little to no true value.

There will be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.

[–] Clairvoidance@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Entirely speculation, but I think this might be why some of the dominoes are already falling?
Like maybe all the ads pulled out of Twitter and saw that it didn't impact the ad companies very much?
If so, it could be the true end to Web 2.0

[–] iopq@vlemmy.net 6 points 2 years ago

Or maybe the best year?