Re: Perception of what the Internet looks like today

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The one thing I've noticed when using reduced clients and services is just how generally deficient the content is on the internet today. It becomes very apparent very quickly just how much garbage is pushed as useful information.

For example when running an console based RSS feed reader all of the noise in HTML deployed content goes away. Not just bad fonts and colors but all the ads, all the suggestions of other related content. You're left with just the blog post or news article. Sadly, once the noise is gone you realize there really isn't much there. You start to see that the sole reason for so much junk "information" is to sell ads and make money.

I've been a Linux console guy since the mid 90s. I've always been behind on computer performance so the flashiness of the web has never interested me. It has been very easy to see the transition to a junk internet when running in a reduced mode. Its also easy to see the SmallWeb moving in the right direction. Here's to hoping it stays the course.

$ published: 2023-01-17 11:51 $

-- CC-BY- 4.0 jecxjo 2023-01-17

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