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internet at this point

nowadays, the internet is only for manipulation and making money from it, i miss old creators, forums, communities etc. im literally sick with where internet is going rn. Using any social media gets tiring, but i feel good here.

(sorry for bad english!)


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Reply by Dax

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i hear that 🀘

hopefully the pendulum swings back the other way soon. seems like more and more people are starting to feel this way. still not nearly enough though. corporate greed ruins everything


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Reply by Ina

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Ugh! I feel you..

I actually get physically sick of some of the stuff I see these days. In my opinion, it's not just the content that's being created on social media, but the whole vibe, the visuals, almost everything, really... it's really exhausting.
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Here! Cleanse you mind with a random Hello Kitty blog:


https://hellokittyminutiae.blogspot.com


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Reply by I Like Smokin

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I hate it as someone who wants to make a living as a creator because I can’t just post my stuff and have it spread by word of mouth or expect people to find it thru tags, instead I have to learn how to finagle the algorithm so it shows up in a feed for as long as possible. It feels so artificial.


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yessss I really agree with that, you know today there are few sites that make me happy to see like bitview and spacehey I feel that here is really human content and not artificial


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Reply by tanuki

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I completely agree with you! I've been trying to get get into forums instead of going to Reddit or other super-centralized website if I'm getting other information.

Thankfully a few search engines are out there that can help you get different results. This may tickle your fancy. I use the Ytoo! as my start page; it has a few search engines that are nice to use added.
  • Wiby - Has a nice 'surprise me...' feature that takes you to a random website
  • Marginalia Search - I have used this a few times over the past week and have enjoyed seeing the different results compared to Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc.


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