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Oh wow, I remember that book at my library. I think I was hand copying urls for interesting sites (games maybe?? bonus.com still exists??) and my parents just got 56k internet (the cheapest option at the time I think). 5Mbps or 10Mbps was the highest option but expensive.

Neat little memory. Thanks 😊

Been mostly a reddit lurker since the collapse of digg. I generally don't make accounts after a series of website shutdowns, it's annoying to put energy/time/upkeep into someone else's platform (anybody still remember Microsoft Spaces? -- a MySpace knockoff).

Eversince those experiences, I have essentially used RSS/Atom and XML feeds for all my news and various forum of interest whenever available. Otherwise I run my own scrapping tools with a mix of cURL, xmlstarlet, jq, etc... and whatever new fancy tools are Du Jour.

Even price watching for deals on different online stores; I almost always guest checkout (exception for stores I purchase from multiple times monthly, keeping track of orders and return can be annoying).

Hopefully, this fediverse-thing will be more resilient. Nevertheless, I'm ready to jump ship whenever I see the usual Iceberg...

I am going to get some popcorn and a comfy sofa and watch them add "fuel into the proverbial bonfire"

Lucky for me, I was an eternal lurker on reddit. The few accounts I had were basically single post/comment throwaway.

I am in awe. I have been seeing this graph posted and updated couple of times every year for at least a decade maybe. This is truly a SHTF moment.

Some of the other graphs I keep a eye on are the arctic sea ice extent and the Mona Kea daily average CO2 ppm.

Truly, we humans have taken over piloting this planet whether want to or not, whether we are aware of it or not, willfully blinded or not.

It was truly unexpected to see how large social networks find new and innovative ways to ride and accelerate their downfall.

From my perspective:

• Facebook --> Cambridge Analytica fiasco

• Twitter --> Elon was bluffing but Twitters Legal team forced him to proceed otherwise the SEC was already looking for blood and an excuse to make his life very difficult for all his previous shenanigans

• Reddit --> already downhill since just before Ellen Pao nonetheless may I speculate that perhaps one or more of the larger shareholders/investors forced the current situation but Huffman underestimated and did not realize that the power users and pro bono moderators were entirely dependent on third-party apps.

Moreover, I exclusively used reddit through old.reddit.com I have no idea how current Reddit actually looks like nor do I care as it was unusable.

Sad to see great things go but life continues onward.

I'm liking lemmy on Android with Jerboa, no major issues.

Moreover, I have been able to subscribe to several communities on different instances.

It is taking shape as we use and improve it.

Glad to see that I am not the only one a bit lost but excited with this transition from reddit.

Hopefully this fediverse-thing will be way better and more resilient than everything past.

I was finally able to subscribe to other instances. YAY!