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1. Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 08:20:42 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

   This short, self published, creative commons licensed documentary is ...

   Well, it's a lot, really. It says a lot of things very quickly, and most of the things it says are not what I want to talk about.

   It is entertaining, and I recommend it.

   I feel a huge amount of sympathy towards, and secondhand embarrassment for the narrator.

   https://vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch/032a417a-61df-40c7-bc79-be9c04aa2fc3

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   • Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 08:50:33 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     But it raises some points I want to talk about, because the story isn't about links.net or Justin, or at least it isn't just about Justin and Links.net. It's also about publishing, participatory media, #diymedia, the potential transformative power of the internet, and what it means to be a human being who is Very Online.

     And I want to talk about that.

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   • Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 08:50:49 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     Watch the thing if you are interested in the history of participatory media and early internet culture.

     I'm sure it gets a lot of things wrong, and it seems like it's probably overly generous with it's subject/narrator/director/writer, but ... That's the point in a lot of ways, I think?

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   • Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 08:51:02 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     I don't live my life in public in the same way, but I do live my life in public. I get recognized IRL for things I've published, videos I've made, etc.

     I've missed out on jobs over things I've published. I've been embarrassed by things I've shared.

     I haven't been on the internet since 1994, but I definitely published my first web page in ... 97? 98? I was a child.

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   • Andrew (Television Executive) (ajroach42@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 08:51:02 JST Andrew (Television Executive)

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     I'm having big thoughts about participatory publishing, but I'm having a hard time getting at them verbally.

     I'll try again later.