Nick on Nostr: I'm not co-signing on this sentiment, but I admit it has some resonance. I don't feel ...

I'm not co-signing on this sentiment, but I admit it has some resonance. I don't feel so much that nothing worthwhile will happen online, I think there is interesting stuff happening right now, but I do feel that there was something special in that nascent, pre-commercial Internet that was amazing to experience and will never be recaptured.
QT: https://infosec.exchange/@kajer/112882875618072973

quoting note1wty…gwul

shitpost: I'm old enough to want to buy a lawn, a mower, and get excited about lawncare. I have had enough internet for the day.

not shitpost:
I think I got in to computers at a special time in the history of the things. First was PCs with games brought home from the local computer store. 12MB of ram was hot shit. Modems were opening a wide world of other computers via the BBS. Having a neighbor with university unix credentials to connect to the internet with lynx and then tcptrumpet / winsock.

Never again will computers be as awesome as that time in history. I am glad to have experienced the knockdown wall texture flat grey webpages with under construction barricades. I am glad to have been a part of geocities. I was so excited to buy something on ebay with a postal money order.

Witnessing the decay of the internet to it's current state... I can logoff now (forever) and not feel like I'm missing out on anything groundbreaking. I don't think there will be any new innovation in my lifetime that won't be #enshitification of once beloved products.

Pour one out for the internet.