Dominik Schwind

Hm.

Finally

Well, let's hope it does.

I haven't laughed so hard in weeks

It's a bit sad but yes. Sure, there's Mastodon but even there it doesn't just feel the same.

MetaFilter is such a weird website. I used to love it but that's quite a while in the past.

I feel this loss of community online every day.

Honestly: yes. I just feel bad for people who haven't found their group chats, yet.

We might need a conversation platform for only the cool people. Globally.

What.

Those were the days.

We like things not just because we’re exposed to them, but because, before exposure, we have opened our hearts to liking them.

Hm.

Let's see how long it takes until the enlightenment

Huh.

I don't even know what to say anymore

Most sane people don’t enjoy seeing a bunch of random bursts of text from strangers one after the other, but those that do really really love it.

As large platforms emerged — whether they were for search, social, or e-commerce — the deal was that they would make our digital lives easier and, in exchange, we would give them our data, attention, and, increasingly, actual money.