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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 78 points 2 days ago (31 children)

Internet was a mistake. It gave all the anti science people and crackpots a platform for their ideas.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 77 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Making it easy was the mistake, the internet was great when knowing what tcp/ip actually is was a barrier to entry.

Gatekeeping isn't a dirty word.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Can we please just make network that has a higher barrier to entry than spending 1000 dollars on an iPhone but through a 4 year loans?

And before some c suite fuck head reads this, I don't mean cost more money. I mean cost just a tiny bit more intellectually.

[–] bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are we not already on such a network? There are some here that moan about the Fediverse being too hard of a concept for the laymen to wrap their heads around. I do not disagree with them, but I like to see it as a moron filter that doesn't seem to exist on most other places on the internet.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

I mean, I just went to a site and made an account.

Facebook has the same barriers in place, and ironically enough, I can view our content without an account and not theirs.

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