centralization is what went wrong. the internet was great when is was a maze of interesting and unique websites. with centralization comes rules and regulation, censorship for the least common denominator.  its entirely too easy for people to just park their asses on just a few sites and live there for the rest of their digital experience. and its entirely too profitable for social media sites to keep as much of the traffic and data for themselves. i miss the days of sites like stumbleupon and digg. you could spend hours following links to cool shit. those sites did it right. they were like huge train stations people gathered before taking a trip. sites now get you in the station and try their best to get rid of the tracks leading out. 2008 was probably peak internet.
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