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The Internet After Social Control Media (and Maybe After the World Wide Web Too)

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Summary: There seems to be a growing trend of protests and backlash against centralised Internet disservices; there's also growing dissatisfaction over bloat and spyware, which the Web rendered a 'norm'

THE INTERNET is still here and it is still growing. Whether it's the World Wide Web (WWW) that people will use it for is another matter altogether (DRM as a 'disservice' seems like a trend -- wasteful encrypted transport). Whether people will 'consume' HTML or XML/Atom/RSS is another matter, too. The latter is vastly better for privacy, efficiency, and distraction-free reading.



"The World Wide Web (WWW) isn't going away any time soon and we still have WWW as our main/primary/principal presence 'online' (never mind IRC, bulletins etc.) because that's what most people do on the 'Net, put aside "apps" or set aside other things which use HTTP* for transport/packet transmission."We at Techrights try to adopt, to the degree that is possible at least, Gemini and IPFS. The World Wide Web (WWW) isn't going away any time soon and we still have WWW as our main/primary/principal presence 'online' (never mind IRC, bulletins etc.) because that's what most people do on the 'Net, put aside "apps" or set aside other things which use HTTP* for transport/packet transmission. One day things will change. That's just how technology evolves and we try to stay ahead of the curve, seeing the fast increase in censorship.

ConnectedThe video discusses what it's like not to be in Twitter anymore (seems like a shared sentiment this month). I've been vastly more productive and happier. Others say the same about their post-social control media experiences (after departure).

Let's move forward.

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