Normification is a facet of our undemocratic capitalism. As you see yourself as a consumer of the internet and not a citizen, you mostly assume that a thing being

1. popular
2. monetizable
3. and convenient

is always preferable.

So the internet continues to have a huge potential to host many cool places, but

1. they can’t reach users that might be interested
2. gaining support from small donations is difficult
3. and they can’t integrate a complete set of features, accessibility, design and content moderation.

If you ask an average internet user about these places, it’s a common response to say they’re weird as in not normal. If you dig a bit for what they mean, it’s usually the above. Nobody is there, it can’t make money and it doesn’t have all the things.

We would be better than ever, if not for the normification.

Remember when you payed for software and then it was yours forever?

I can’t believe they’ll put this on windows 10 pro.

Shareholders want the CEO that gets them more money. If that person doesn’t deliver, they don’t ask why, they ask when. If they don’t like the answer, they get a new CEO. Rinse repeat, here we are.

Except Zuckerberg, of course. He’s just evil.

Why does google feel like they’re playing squid games inside the company? Just with AI overlords besides the rich psychopaths.

Microsoft already knows that people keep windows around either because they want multiplayer games or are scared of linux.

jless to know what the hell I’m looking at and then maybe jq

“Tim didn’t even ask me about Grok”

Thanks I hate it.

It’s like a blind Pinocchio flying at the speed of sound controlled by a touch screen. 2024, ladies and gents.

The internet will always have many niche places, but overall it can’t escape late stage capitalism.