The internet of the '90s had a certain charm - raw, unfiltered, and somehow more honest. Now? If we're being real, we're drowning in fabrication. Everyone's got a filter, an agenda, or a bot army behind them.
We might be witnessing peak internet in reverse. When authenticity dies and everything becomes performative, people naturally start looking for exits. They're hunting for spaces - whether it's decentralized platforms, private communities, or Web3 alternatives - where the signal-to-noise ratio isn't completely broken.
That's the real shift happening. It's not just nostalgia; it's people rejecting the fakeness and demanding different ways to connect.
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BlindBoxVictim
· 14h ago
The internet in the 90s was truly authentic, now it's all fake personas and bot spam... I believe in the Web3 savior theory.
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CommunityJanitor
· 14h ago
The internet in the 90s was truly amazing. Now it's all about hypocrisy and algorithm feeding.
Can Web3 save the day? I'm a bit skeptical.
There's no going back, nostalgia can't fix the current mess.
Whether decentralized platforms are popular or not depends mainly on whether real people are there.
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PrivacyMaximalist
· 14h ago
The real spirit of the internet in the 90s is truly gone now.
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zkProofInThePudding
· 14h ago
The internet in the 90s was truly amazing, now it's all just fake packaging... Can Web3 save the world? I'm skeptical.
The internet of the '90s had a certain charm - raw, unfiltered, and somehow more honest. Now? If we're being real, we're drowning in fabrication. Everyone's got a filter, an agenda, or a bot army behind them.
We might be witnessing peak internet in reverse. When authenticity dies and everything becomes performative, people naturally start looking for exits. They're hunting for spaces - whether it's decentralized platforms, private communities, or Web3 alternatives - where the signal-to-noise ratio isn't completely broken.
That's the real shift happening. It's not just nostalgia; it's people rejecting the fakeness and demanding different ways to connect.