<![CDATA[πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet]]>πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn’t dying.

A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ffc32d33-2522-4d6a-bde2-30955b29bb56/new-essay-the-boring-internetRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 19:10:14 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 15:00:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 07:30:17 GMT]]>@tg Yeah, a significant frustration I've had for a while is trying to get parts of my community to actually move to the boring-but-resilient options. I've had some luck dragging a few people over to XMPP, for example, but many are still stubbornly clinging to things like discord, and presumably won't leave until a chatbot asks for an HD scan of their ID & what their political affiliations are.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116537780940119399https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://girlcock.club/users/miss_rodent/statuses/116537780940119399Fri, 08 May 2026 07:30:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 07:21:55 GMT]]>@CowMan @sr_rolando @tg haha I gave up reading because of that UI. Every paragraph I read was interrupted by the next one "loading". Good that there's a button to do away with it but not going back now.

I wonder if it was normal and there was a button instead that said "make it all fadey and disappear when you scroll back" anyone would click it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/artfulrobot/statuses/116537748085381328https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/artfulrobot/statuses/116537748085381328Fri, 08 May 2026 07:21:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 06:45:49 GMT]]>@tg Thank you for writing and sharing this, Terry! Most important thing I've read in a while. There is a kinship to libraries in there somewhere I'm interested in exploring. (Thanks to @datn for sharing)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/c_riesen/statuses/116537606094419386https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/c_riesen/statuses/116537606094419386Fri, 08 May 2026 06:45:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 06:17:03 GMT]]>@fasnix @tg @johl Maybe I was stuck a bit in the past. They seem to have come over the issues they had. Still no way for a concept to authenticate a user afaik. Everything is very public but dependng on the intention that may not necessarily be a problem.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Hinnerk/statuses/116537493000380275https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Hinnerk/statuses/116537493000380275Fri, 08 May 2026 06:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 04:27:07 GMT]]>@tg Great essay! The modern web feels like a panopticon where every action is immediately fed into an algorithm without being asked. And yet, the truly great things are only recommended by real humans.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grumpykaiju/statuses/116537060718860806https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grumpykaiju/statuses/116537060718860806Fri, 08 May 2026 04:27:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Fri, 08 May 2026 00:10:23 GMT]]>@tg Ah such a wonderful trip down memory lane. Usenet and alt.binaries The lessons learned from encoding binaries has served me well. Thanks for the memories and a little reassurance all is not lost.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/swade2569/statuses/116536051232853217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/swade2569/statuses/116536051232853217Fri, 08 May 2026 00:10:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:32 GMT]]>@tg lovely essay, I feel the same way ❀️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://swiss.social/users/nethad/statuses/116535367580894520https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://swiss.social/users/nethad/statuses/116535367580894520Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 20:55:19 GMT]]>@tg if they DDoS scrape it to death it'll die

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/ghosttie/statuses/116535284193495173https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/ghosttie/statuses/116535284193495173Thu, 07 May 2026 20:55:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 20:15:31 GMT]]>@Thelunarfox @tg

Wow, reading mode (or SpeedReader as Brave calls it) is a game-changer. Thank you so much!

Learned something new today...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116535127670743062https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116535127670743062Thu, 07 May 2026 20:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:46:08 GMT]]>@Thelunarfox @tg

Cool, I'll try that. Good to know, thanks!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116535012097043965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116535012097043965Thu, 07 May 2026 19:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:42:02 GMT]]>@wanderinghermit @tg Your browser may have a button to make it easier to read. I'm using Chrome, and under the options there's an option to "show reading mode."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/Thelunarfox/statuses/116534996032845179https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/Thelunarfox/statuses/116534996032845179Thu, 07 May 2026 19:42:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:18:29 GMT]]>@HailsandAles @tg hahaa oh man you're so right. For the more specific, non news-collecty ones, I will try to - that one had a lot in it and I'd been collecting that info for months hahaha - thank you for reading, man!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116534903424397069https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116534903424397069Thu, 07 May 2026 19:18:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:08:00 GMT]]>@jake4480 @tg you also need to post your blogs here Jake! I wanted to boost your latest cartoon post!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/HailsandAles/statuses/116534862216581132https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/HailsandAles/statuses/116534862216581132Thu, 07 May 2026 19:08:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 18:45:50 GMT]]>@tg

Unreadable, gray on black and/or dark colors on black DOES NOT WORK for those of us with old eyes.

I suppose I could copy it and paste it into a text editor, but I don't care enough.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116534775034179516https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/wanderinghermit/statuses/116534775034179516Thu, 07 May 2026 18:45:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:58:44 GMT]]>@tg wow!
I checked the command and it is really work!
You inspired me to know about old technology. Thank you)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116429483460081844/statuses/116534353855190292https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116429483460081844/statuses/116534353855190292Thu, 07 May 2026 16:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:35:17 GMT]]>@tg Excellent! That sums up what my brain has been orbiting for some time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://topspicy.social/users/guffo/statuses/116534261695944886https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://topspicy.social/users/guffo/statuses/116534261695944886Thu, 07 May 2026 16:35:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:14:31 GMT]]>@tg

The old "platforms" were better too.
ftp:sunsite.unc.edu was great. There was another that I can't recall offhand.
Also the crusty Demon Internet (UK) service for nntp.

FWIW I have my own low-volume blog with RSS. Maybe I should use it more.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116534180029070666https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116534180029070666Thu, 07 May 2026 16:14:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:05:40 GMT]]>@tg

MAGA - Make Archie Great Again!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116534145188322209https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116534145188322209Thu, 07 May 2026 16:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 14:58:24 GMT]]>@tg oh awesome thank you- really gotta get it out! πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116533880746285613https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/jake4480/statuses/116533880746285613Thu, 07 May 2026 14:58:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 14:31:08 GMT]]>@tg Thanks for this essay! At the German librarian convention , I will soon be advocating for more participation in web standards work and I am tempted to take over some of the thinking. Sometimes I believe, libraries do not want to give anyone the opportunity to call them "boring" and that's why so many are chasing the latest hypes, like currently AI. Why not just embrace being boring, essential knowledge infrastructure and also start supporting boring standards work?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/acka47/statuses/116533773524816379https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/acka47/statuses/116533773524816379Thu, 07 May 2026 14:31:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 14:29:50 GMT]]>@tg Thanks, Terry. That did make me feel better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/n8dly/statuses/116533768416222079https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/n8dly/statuses/116533768416222079Thu, 07 May 2026 14:29:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 13:02:19 GMT]]>@hsza honestly that's all i can do!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/115948090307838315/statuses/116533424273347391https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/115948090307838315/statuses/116533424273347391Thu, 07 May 2026 13:02:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 12:59:59 GMT]]>@tg yk what, fair enough, you do you lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/7ef2dc4f-e31b-4414-83ea-13d8e9ff4285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/7ef2dc4f-e31b-4414-83ea-13d8e9ff4285Thu, 07 May 2026 12:59:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to πŸ“’ New Essay: The Boring Internet on Thu, 07 May 2026 12:57:35 GMT]]>@hsza but i think it look cool

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/115948090307838315/statuses/116533405661829383https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/115948090307838315/statuses/116533405661829383Thu, 07 May 2026 12:57:35 GMT