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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology ·
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Please Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

www.wired.com

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Please Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

www.wired.com

Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology ·
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Please Let the Internet Die
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Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.

https://wallhop.io/https://www.wired.com/story/let-the-internet-die/

https://archive.ph/sNbrl

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    What yall commenting about? The article’s paywalled 😑

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      That was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.

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      https://archive.ph/sNbrl

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      The new internet they envision. Walled.

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