Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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@douglasvb @dlakelan don't let capitalism fool you! The web is great, but they stole it from
us!@iakobsdesamos @douglasvb @dlakelan Corporate authoritarianism != Capitalism
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If you think about it, ChatGPT is all your fault. And AOL. And Geocities.
I suppose by that measure, so is Wikipedia.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
Can say that again…
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@dlakelan
I'm deeply sorry for ALL of the work I did for fortune 500 companies.@sb @dlakelan Intel, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, and government contracts were where I worked. All those projects I worked on. All those people I interacted with. Some of that shit was cool. Now? I sit in a guard shack waving people through. And for some reason, I'm more content than ever. It's a boring job, but someone's gatta do 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 mIRC was awesome....
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@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
@disorderlyf @dlakelan I told a resident, where I work, that I no longer have an Amazon account, and they just rolled their eyes. Expected behavior at this point I suppose. Then there's the folks I tell that I don't use Netflix, or the likes. They ask me how I access that stuff. And I always tell them there's a way, without explicitly saying how. Always get confused looks.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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@dlakelan It's an attempt to fork the internet.
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Mainly regretting that so many people deliberately decide to become part of the problem and not part of the solution.
@_RyekDarkener_ @dlakelan I'm 60+ and sometimes regret having installed the first webserver @ my University and in the town, and having argued for www instead of gopher. Sheesh, youngsters!
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan fuck that shit. I will not take the blame for Mark Zuckerberg and friends' bullshit.
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@douglasvb @dlakelan
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
@dlakelan MASTODON now more than ever !
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@sb @dlakelan Intel, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, and government contracts were where I worked. All those projects I worked on. All those people I interacted with. Some of that shit was cool. Now? I sit in a guard shack waving people through. And for some reason, I'm more content than ever. It's a boring job, but someone's gatta do it.
@mrgrumpymonkey @dlakelan
Right on!I work at a not-for-profit theatre. It's way better in every respect but pay.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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@mrgrumpymonkey @dlakelan
Right on!I work at a not-for-profit theatre. It's way better in every respect but pay.
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Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
I didn't build a damn thing, but I 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.
@dlakelan
I dont regret anything. I built something to empower people. Some of them used it wisely, some of them didnt. I also built crap that was not useful to anybody. After 25 years i still want to improve "stuff". Users changed and so did I. Time marches on.... -
@_RyekDarkener_ @dlakelan I'm 60+ and sometimes regret having installed the first webserver @ my University and in the town, and having argued for www instead of gopher. Sheesh, youngsters!
