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What happened to internet culture? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Nebraska_Huskers@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was going down memory lane, I graduated in 96. But Internet culture of the mid 2000s to mid 2015. Seemed like there was always some stand out video or event ranging from chocolate rain video, nyan cat, amazing horse, I like turtles, why does the Internet seem so stale lately? I just realized a lot of this fun stuff stopped around 2014 or became less prevalent the closer we get to events that started dividing us, like gamergate, Trump canidancy in 2015. God this last decade has just sucked and it just keeps getting worse. How did we go to so much hope and promise to where we are now? Even reddit sucks now

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[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The platforms changed. Thats how I see it personally. Everything went from niche forum sites to consolidated social media silos. And the culture moves at break neck speed. I graduated in 2013, and for my circle back then I was still using forum sites but did manage to make group chat groups so we can still, and do, keep in touch.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're right, the culture does move too fast, and it's too broad and segregated. The plus side is that you can find content for almost any niche interest, but that obviously comes at a cost.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Like for example take Reddit. I've been in small subs that grew too big for its own good. It's always saddening to see them being riddled with bots and scammers and little to no effort to move away from them. Some managed to police and gatekeep better, but still stuck in reddit with no plans to move away.

I would like to be the change that I want to see and bring some of the community there, to the fediverse, but I don't think I have the mental capacity and fortitude to take that role. I'll just content to comment here and there for now. Never say never, as they say.