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What do you even look at on the internet anymore?

Garuf

Garuf

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That's a serious question...
...when I was a kid and this was a new forum I could lose so much time to finding blogs from all over the world, random websites on everything from fashion, arts, design, to the correct amount of ferts to add to your (diesel) tank. Talking to people from all over, making friends in what felt like the whole world. There was a sense of weirdo community in everything and it was easy to keep in touch with people, find kinfolk, expand the mind.

These days though, I only turn on my computer to delete emails and because it's easier to type on a pc, I pulled my old rss feeds and all of the old weird blogs died half a decade ago if not longer. People I've known for over a decade I wouldn't begin to know how to find now that social media is dead, I don't even know what I'd search for anymore.

What are you lot looking at anymore and where? I was looking to revive get excited and I couldn't find a single bizarre blog, seems like everyone is trying to be an instagram influencer and I ain't got time for that.

So real talk, what are you even looking at on the net anymore?
 
Many of the YT channels on Aquariums and Plants l used to watch seem to have altered and I started to find now a difficult watch ,not because of sponsorship. I tend to only look in on around 3 or 4 now ,but l always point newcomers to UKAPS and Practical Fishkeeping Magazine
 
There’s a theory called Dead Internet Theory. It’s a speculative theory that believes large amounts of the internet is no longer run by real people but is instead dominated by bots, AI-generated content, and corporate-controlled algorithms.

While there’s definitely layers to this conspiracy, there’s certainly evidence out there to support it. Unless I’m in a very niche interest area of the internet (like growing plants underwater), I can actually believe a lot of what is on the internet is just bots and algorithms. I don’t know if that means humans are turning off to the internet or if actually humans prefer to be served algorithmically selected content. Alec Watson did an interesting video which addresses some of this very recently.



I don’t use any social media and haven’t for a long time. My internet experience is mainly work, my YouTube subscriptions and UKAPS. I stream a lot of music too.
 
I'm a moderator on www.starwarsforum.co.uk so check in there regularly. It's a lot quieter than it was 10 years ago, but still a great place. Check in on here, Newsnow and Knees Up Mother Brown for West Ham news, BBC for news and sport, YouTube for various stuff. Still pretty active, but no social media, as it's a cesspit!
 
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