DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoToday's web is the opposite of what early Internet utopians had in mind. Now the situation is somewhat similar to climate change: even committed activists can no longer turn the tide for the better.message-squaremessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down137
arrow-up1631arrow-down1message-squareToday's web is the opposite of what early Internet utopians had in mind. Now the situation is somewhat similar to climate change: even committed activists can no longer turn the tide for the better.DandomRude@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squarePiers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months ago We need something that isn’t THE internet, and is only accessible if you have the patience and knowledge to connect to it. That kinda does exist it’s just that you and I lack either the knowledge or patience to connect to it.
minus-squaresailingbythelee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoIf that’s what you want, it does exist. It is called Usenet and it predates the world wide web. There are still active discussion communities, though most of its bandwidth is used for file-sharing nowadays. https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-usenet-newsgroups/
That kinda does exist it’s just that you and I lack either the knowledge or patience to connect to it.
You talking about stuff like i2p?
If that’s what you want, it does exist. It is called Usenet and it predates the world wide web. There are still active discussion communities, though most of its bandwidth is used for file-sharing nowadays.
https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-usenet-newsgroups/