The emergence of social media has destroyed all the small communities to standardize communication and information.
It’s a bit of a digital version of rural exodus. And since 2017/2018, I’ve noticed that everything that, in my opinion, represented the internet has disappeared.
I’ve known Lemmy for a few hours and I feel like I’m back in the early spirit of the internet.
It’s not 2017-18 social media, friend. It’s just late state capitalism.
And the lion’s share of it can be traced to increasing real estate and rent prices.