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1. Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 00:42:16 JST Alexandre Oliva

   in reply to

   • sol2070
   the internet is fine
   the world wide web should not be mistaken for the internet
   and the centralized surveillance cloud should not be mistaken for the world wide web
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   • sol2070@bolha.us's status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 00:42:25 JST sol2070

     "I’m not saying “the internet doesn’t do any good.” But I am saying that in its current form, the way it is, it’s doing more harm than good. ... The internet is three things: a) an inequality engine, funneling money upwards, and making billionaires even richer, who then b) use it to shift societies hard to the right c) algorithmically, which hides the fact that all this is actually happening."

     https://eand.co/2023-should-be-the-year-we-admit-the-internet-is-a-failure-dc22121b0253