@smitty I'm 47 as well, but didn't get started on the internet until the mid 90s. Ever since social media got started, it has always felt broken to me. The model was all wrong. Communities need open, free public spaces to congregate in. It's the way we human.
@lisae @smitty
I don't mean to sound elitist but... the normies need the internet monoliths and apps to make the internet usable. And that is fine, to an extent.
We were using the net in the 90s (and dial up BBS!) and I agree I have never 'got on' with FB/insta/twitter/tiktok
What makes me sad is that most users become entrapped by the likes of facebook, and never realise the true power.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/facebooks-secret-war-switching-costs