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And Yancey Strickler asks if the Internet is becoming this âdark forestâ as well. In fact, he says, this text itself is a case in point. The text was initially broadcast on a private channel of 500 people Strickler knew and selected, which he says is the online environment where he felt safest and could be his âtruest self⊠Slack channels, Instagram in private mode, invitation-only forums, Snapchat, WeChat (or LINE in Japan)⊠All of the above places are not indexed, optimized, or gamed by search engines, which is why they allow for relaxed dialogue. He says that the culture in such places is closer to the real world than in other Internet places.
raurublock Itâs true that I had a faint idea in my PC communication days that âa world where words uttered without much thought are kept as a semi-permanent log must be terribly harsh on peopleâŠâ. I had a faint idea that âthe world where words uttered without much thought are kept in a semi-permanent log is terribly harsh on peopleâŠâ in my PC communication days, but âand then indexed and searchedâ is nothing less than harsh, isnât it?
rootport I think the concept of the âdarkening Internetâ is a very good description of the current state of the world, but I wonder what the epicenter is.
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gottan_2 Maybe thatâs where they were talking about exchanging credible information on Discord. - Information sharing in the form of listening on Discord - Closed communities are more psychologically secure.
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pothole (circular hole bored deep in a riverbed by stones rotating in an eddy)
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