If we want online discourse to improve, we need to move beyond the big platforms.

We’re in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it’s broken. That’s not news. But there’s something in the air—a vibe shift, a sense that things are about to change.

  • nucleative@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    9 months ago

    Oh the irony, I opened the site which has no less than 3 popups and it immediately fried my mobile browser. I had to kill the tab.

    • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      My pihole guaranteed that my experience remained pristine. The author didn’t make any money from my visit, but their income loss is a sacrifice I’m willing to make.

      Which is really what the whole problem here boils down to.

    • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      And people ask why we use adblocks… my potato computer can’t even browse the web without blocking as much stuff as I can.

      • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        I use pihole at home, but when I take my laptop out and about, I sometimes notice its fan going wild. Shut down the tab I’m reading and it calms down. What the hell are running on these sites?