I'm again excited to be on the internet
Post last updated 1 month, 4 weeks ago
In the past months, I've slowly started to drift away from mainstream social media and from US tech, and honestly? I'm feeling great. Like, yes, for alternatives to some free1 service you have to pay, but that's alright because, oftentimes, if something's free, we just add it to our lives even if it's not useful (or even if it's harmful) to us, and by paying, you're voting with your wallet2 and encouraging those offering fair services to keep going.
I'm on the fence about switching my mail, but I already switched off from Google Photos, and I'm very close to moving back to Linux. I also decreased my time on social media and increased the number of blogs I read. It's awesome!
I particularly enjoy the various ways people design their blogs; it's fascinating, and I often find myself seeing a cool-looking blog and wanting to revamp my own too. One of the worst side effects of all-encompassing platforms like Facebook or Reddit is that they're very good uniformizers. All profiles are the same, all the opinions are more or less the same, all the looks the same. And the platforms reinforce the need to conform so that you get upvotes or likes or get the preferential treatment of the Algorithm.
I haven't felt this way on the internet in maybe a decade or so, I love it.
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