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[-] Xer0@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

The worst comment section of all belongs to Instagram. Absolute cesspool full of the most moronic people i've ever witnessed. Smart phones killed the internet. We need something that isn't THE internet, and is only accessible if you have the patience and knowledge to connect to it.

[-] Piers@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

We need something that isn’t THE internet, and is only accessible if you have the patience and knowledge to connect to it.

That kinda does exist it's just that you and I lack either the knowledge or patience to connect to it.

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago

No, we need something that is just accessible enough that I am still included, but all those other normies aren't! \s

[-] Xer0@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

You talking about stuff like i2p?

[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

If that's what you want, it does exist. It is called Usenet and it predates the world wide web. There are still active discussion communities, though most of its bandwidth is used for file-sharing nowadays.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-usenet-newsgroups/

[-] t0lo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Knowledge gating was the reason the internet was great to begin with, only more educated people knew or cared about it, and the quality of discussion was better

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