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ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞThe Internet actually ran significantly faster on Christmas day because everyone else was doing 'real' stuff and not mucking about online. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InTheGoodOleDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InTheGoodOleDays</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HashtagGames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISDN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ADSL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dialup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geek</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nerd</a>

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!Some of the insidey bits. <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a>

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!I'm working from the office today and for reasons we're not in the usual part of the building. So, poking around in a less commonly visited area I found this gem from the Olden Days.<a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> #2002

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@evacide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@evacide</a> I imagine it's both. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HardwareAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HardwareAbuse</a>

bentasker.co.uk FeedNew <a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Blog</a>: Deploying Anubis to protect against AI scrapers Author: Ben Tasker<a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/the-internet/deploying-anubis-to-block-ai-bots.html?utm_source=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/the-internet/deploying-anubis-to-block-ai-bots.html?utm_source=rss</a><a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#llm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/tags/theinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theinternet</a>

UK<a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/134746/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/134746/</a> Google’s AI Is Burying the Web Alive <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AIChatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIChatbots</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScreenTime</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngines</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a>

Xamanismo Coletivo"…<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/theInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theInternet</a> itself — once an open tool of ideas, built by native <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> culture and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackers</a> who wanted to share knowledge freely — was, after a ten-year fight, enclosed by the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. They bought the creativity, built walled gardens, and replaced collective digital commons with algorithmic echo chambers. What was once a chaotic, messy, generative space became a polished, ad-riddled shopping mall." <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hamishcampbell</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/feeding-on-the-roots-how-mainstreaming-devours-radical-movements/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/feeding-on-the-roots-how-mainstreaming-devours-radical-movements/</a>

Ecologia Digital"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> was supposed to liberate us. Instead, it’s left us feeling <a href="https://mato.social/tags/helpless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#helpless</a>… <a href="https://mato.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>’s takeover of the internet has trained us to beg for scraps from our digital overlords. …voices demanding that [insert tech giant] must “do better” or that [insert gov agency] needs to “crack down” or that [insert billionaire] should swoop in to save us. We’ve become <a href="https://mato.social/tags/digitalpeasants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalpeasants</a>, petitioning various lords and kings to please, please fix the internet for us."<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/27/empowering-users-not-overlords-overcoming-digital-helplessness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/27/empowering-users-not-overlords-overcoming-digital-helplessness/</a>

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<a href="https://discuss.systems/@SystemsAppr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@SystemsAppr</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> Shouldn't that be re-decentralization. It was pretty much fully distributed in the first place before it was poisoned by gigantic corporate websites encouraged by out of control data parasites. . <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JustSaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JustSaying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Internet</a>

doctorambientWe are all going to die, because most people can't seem to distinguish reality from a thing they read somewhere on the web at least 3 times.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stupidity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinfo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinfo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thedumb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tehDumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tehDumb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#internet</a>

Florian EgermannMaybe i am reading the wrong feeds, but the articles about the proposal that the world's most popular browser (<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a>) should not be run by an ad company that sells personal data (<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>) seems to be mostly 😱 , when it should be 🥳. People who worry about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/theinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theinternet</a> are not worried about <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chrome</a> loosing user share.

Ecologia Digital"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> in #2010 was when <a href="https://mato.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> conquered the world, as people flocked to Facebook and Twitter to have their say. Much of this was driven by smartphone apps—not just from the established players, but by newer apps like Instagram (the 1st mobile-native photo sharing app) and the location-based social networking app <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Foursquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Foursquare</a>. In addition, 2010 saw the release of new forms of mobile devices—Android like the Nexus One, along with Apple's breakthrough <a href="https://mato.social/tags/iPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iPad</a>."<a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2010/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2010/</a>

Ecologia Digital"During the EXCLUSIVE telephone interview, the senior <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> transition team insider explained that President Trump is determined “to make <a href="https://mato.social/tags/theInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theInternet</a> serve America first”, emphasizing the word “first”.The transition team insider then added that President Trump is considering many different actions to deliver on this, including a Presidential Executive Order."<a href="https://survivability.news/breaking-president-trump-is-considering-plans-to-re-take-control-of-the-internet-and-icann-oversight-we-invented-it-it-must-first-serve-making-america-great-again-said-a-senior-trump-transit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://survivability.news/breaking-president-trump-is-considering-plans-to-re-take-control-of-the-internet-and-icann-oversight-we-invented-it-it-must-first-serve-making-america-great-again-said-a-senior-trump-transit/</a>

RocJedI think that there should be a new internet concept, with social media constructed in new ways, allowing users to build their virtual presence in much better way. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theinternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtualreality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virtualreality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtualpresence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#virtualpresence</a>

Ecologia Digital"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> did not make us hate; we brought our bias, bigotry, and prejudice with us online. That’s why even well-intentioned regulation will fail to fix hate speech & misinformation and may instead imperil the freedom of speech the internet affords to all. Once we understand the internet for what it is—a human network—we can reclaim it… and turn our attention where it belongs: to fostering <a href="https://mato.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a>, <a href="https://mato.social/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conversation</a>, & <a href="https://mato.social/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativity</a> online. "<a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jeff-jarvis/the-web-we-weave/9781541604124/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jeff-jarvis/the-web-we-weave/9781541604124/</a>

Ecologia Digital"“<a href="https://mato.social/tags/Theinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Theinternet</a> is <a href="https://mato.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#people</a>,” I used to say; more than protocols and pipes, the web was a fabric of interconnectedness that we were all building together. Even in the beginning, some people saw the web and thought, “this is a way I can make a lot of money.” For me, it was always a way to build <a href="https://mato.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> at scale."<a href="https://werd.io/2024/it-turns-out-im-still-excited-about-the-web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://werd.io/2024/it-turns-out-im-still-excited-about-the-web</a>

taz (inoffiziell)Mehr als 70 NGOs haben ein Manifest verfasst, das eine bessere Regulierung von Big Tech fordert. Es kritisiert die wachsende Macht der Konzerne.<a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Europ%C3%A4ischeKommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuropäischeKommission</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=LobbyControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LobbyControl</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Netz%C3%B6konomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netzökonomie</a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=%C3%96ko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Öko</a> <a href="https://taz.de/Regulierung-von-Tech-Konzernen/!6040265/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Regulierung von Tech-Konzernen: NGOs für demokratisches Internet</a>

PSiReN-X :verified_paw:<a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Meanwhile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meanwhile</a>... <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/TheInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheInternet</a> brings you... I'm beginning to wonder if <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CrowdStrike</a> didn't <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/FailEnough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FailEnough</a>...<a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/KittensAreStoopid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KittensAreStoopid</a>... 🧙🎈🤖:wolfparty:🤖🎈🧙 | :fediverse:🦹:PirateBadge:🦄 :PirateBadge:🦹:fediverse:

Sherah<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@chrisg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@chrisg</a> Have never watched or clicked on any <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ad</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#internet</a> since i was born. I know where to buy what I want to buy, and if I dont know where I <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ddg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ddg</a> genuine or decent <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#companies</a>/people making or selling it. ADS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT THEY WANT(<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a>) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ads</a> on the internet are a waste of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#adtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#advertising</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#survival</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HigherInstitutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HigherInstitutions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Curriculums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Curriculums</a>

:mastodon: Mike AmundsenWe Need To Rewild The Internet <a href="https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/</a>"The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists." -- # <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MARIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARIA</a> _FARRELL <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ROBIN_BERJON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ROBIN_BERJON</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/api360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#api360</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theWeb</a>

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