In the early days of the internet, before the World Wide Web, we had Usenet. This was a primitive implementation of message boards like this one. They were very useful for connecting like-minded individuals together. Message boards was the web's answer to Usenet. We got the utility of Usenet with the multimedia capabilities of the web added in. That was progress.
Then came the fucking disease called Facebook. It's not that I have anything against people keeping up with family and long-distance friends to chat about who's fucking who and who's in rehab and who's got herpes and who needs hemorrhoid surgery. Those things are all fine. But why to fuck do people get the idea that a forum like that is an arena suitable for replacing dedicated forums like this one? It makes me want to fucking scream!
I do not want ANYTHING to do with Fucking Facebook or Reddit or any other of the fucking stupid social media websites. I have no desire to discuss the boil growing on my left nut or what the huge turd I deposited this morning looked like. But those fucking cancers are drawing everybody in so that people are abandoning dedicated message boards like this one.
This SUCKS! I lived to experience a huge upgrade in life when I was suddenly empowered to connect with like-minded individuals on the other side of planet. Now, I can only do so if I submit to joining organizations I want nothing to do with!
Web 2.0 isn't an upgrade; it's a massive, fucking downgrade!
Who feels the same?
Then came the fucking disease called Facebook. It's not that I have anything against people keeping up with family and long-distance friends to chat about who's fucking who and who's in rehab and who's got herpes and who needs hemorrhoid surgery. Those things are all fine. But why to fuck do people get the idea that a forum like that is an arena suitable for replacing dedicated forums like this one? It makes me want to fucking scream!
I do not want ANYTHING to do with Fucking Facebook or Reddit or any other of the fucking stupid social media websites. I have no desire to discuss the boil growing on my left nut or what the huge turd I deposited this morning looked like. But those fucking cancers are drawing everybody in so that people are abandoning dedicated message boards like this one.
This SUCKS! I lived to experience a huge upgrade in life when I was suddenly empowered to connect with like-minded individuals on the other side of planet. Now, I can only do so if I submit to joining organizations I want nothing to do with!
Web 2.0 isn't an upgrade; it's a massive, fucking downgrade!
Who feels the same?
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
