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Today's web is the opposite of what early Internet utopians had in mind. Now the situation is somewhat similar to climate change: even committed activists can no longer turn the tide for the better. (lemmy.world)

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[-] t0lo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Knowledge gating was the reason the internet was great to begin with, only more educated people knew or cared about it, and the quality of discussion was better

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