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The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why.
The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why.
Izzy recently decided to stop using X and her decision was based on the app's algorithm: "It feels like the algorithm wants you to see stuff you don't like so that you engage with it and it also shows your stuff to people who won't like it," she says, explaining that this was making her experience of using social media almost entirely negative.
"The follower is no longer a peer, they’re the audience, while the creator is more similar to a conventional, mainstream media broadcaster than to an independent creator."
Izzy agrees that this has been one of the biggest changes in her experience of using social media during the past decade: "I do think brands and influencers dominate my social media a lot more - it's constantly ads on my feed. I choose to follow my friends and often I don't see their stuff," she says.
It reflects the lack of space for genuine interaction and meaningful communities online right now, something that was once considered to be one of the main plus sides of social media.
"There aren't really niche internet jokes anymore because you have trend forecasters and people whose jobs it is to hop on these trends and make it about a brand," Izzy says adding: "The memes aren't as funny when you know they're going to be co-opted."
#trends#social media#enshittification#platforms#ideals#internet
·mashable.com·
The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why.
Maven
Maven

Maven is a new social network platform that aims to provide a different experience from traditional social media.

  • It does not have features like likes or follower counts, focusing instead on users following "interests" rather than individual accounts.
  • Content is surfaced based on relevance to the interests a user follows, curated by AI, rather than popularity metrics.
  • The goal is to minimize self-promotion and popularity contests, instead prioritizing valuable information and serendipitous discovery of new ideas and perspectives.
  • The author has been using Maven and finds it a slower, deeper experience compared to other social media, though unsure if it will become a regular timesink.
  • Overall, Maven presents an intriguing alternative model for social networking centered around interests and expanding horizons, rather than following individuals or chasing popularity.
Niche InternetNiche Internet#social media#ideals#product page#startups#platforms
·heymaven.com·
Maven
Taking an Internet Walk
Taking an Internet Walk
analogies between the internet and physical exploration—hyperlinks as portals which skip the freeways, handmade websites as subculture, reverse image search and direct site searches as alternative path systems
The first hyperlinks pointed within their own domain, like the doors separating the rooms in your home. However, with the world wide web, the doors became portals, and pioneers mapped out site directories to guide internet travelers to the frontier of development. Reject modern interstates and embody Tarzan, Jane, or the chimpanzee to swing from link to link, blue to purple.
if you like handmade websites, you should visit Gossips Web or Brutalist Websites. These are the digital equivalent to the jazz bar, punk record store, or other physical places where subcultures gather. There’s likely one made by a devotee whatever your interest, like cyberfeminism, tiny internet sites, cozy websites, niche museums, list of lists, LA sandwiches, and much more.
Niche InternetNiche Internet#ideals#internet#analogy#platforms#social media#public-life#megalinks
·syllabusproject.org·
Taking an Internet Walk