Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
"We started internet to provide resilient communications in the event of nuclear war.
We used the foundations it provided to build a virtual world.
We evolved into a global community.
We made it free from the constraints of geography or social status.
Unfortunately that meant the arseholes we were all trying to avoid could use it.
And they did use it.
Now it’s all fucked.
Properly fucked.
Sorry about that."
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan i'm 30 and i regret you built it
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan ayup
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan nailed it
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Got any shoup?
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan Don't forget the disenheartened 20 somethings searching for a better web...
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan I'm not that old
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan hey hey watch it! I'm 38! But yes correct.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan ... and where folks will likely build the next thing. Together. 🫂
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
I'm #Forever28. I'm safe.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan 40+?
*checks birthdate*
It seems I‘m older than my birthdate says… -
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan Best explanation I’ve ever heard!
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@dlakelan There isn't a "big mood" style of expression big enough to express the size of the mood I'm currently experiencing from your toot.
This was all a mistake. We should go back to disconnected BBSes. Or maybe ditch all the digital stuff and return to encyclopedias.
@douglasvb @dlakelan
I explained BBSes today to a 20-something year old today.
He was like WTF.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan I'm warming to Fediverse and Mastodon. Lots of people dabble here, and it takes a long time to find people who are actually engaged with it.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan Now I'm beginning to wonder if the internet can still perform its original function—to keep people communicating after a massive disruption.
It can't keep people communicating NOW. . .
Referring to the whole dueling-realities war we're going through. What good is communicating if you can't trust/believe the reply?
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan Really wish more than literally one 40+ year old within a reasonable travel distance was on here. I'm tired of explicitly mentioning being a hobbyist programmer and people acting like I'm a stereotypical Amish person for daring to not have a Facebook or Instagram account.
Am I cursed to forever be too distant from the cool people on the internet to hang out IRL?! /hj
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan Hurts and soothes at the same time.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan I feel seen and a little attacked but in a good way and i feel ambivalent about it.
Also i am glad to see people 40- are here too! -
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan the underlying good tech is still there - should probably set up an own web server that allows traffic only from Lynx.
