BACK IN MY DAY (jk my day is ongoing 😜), many popular sites were called “e/n” sites. This was like before blogs, before Google, etc. Back then, the web wasn’t very feature-rich, but it was “loud.” Contrast that with now: there are more sites than ever and wayyyyyyy more users than in the late 90s, but the www is very quiet and isolated (or isolating? I’m not sure how to phrase it).
Anyway, I think about this a lot, and I came to Lemmy to escape the labyrinth of marketing funnels that we call the www, but the element I can’t quite figure out is like where’s the social element on the web? I see many forums for like whatever niche subject, but where is the e/n chatter? Where do people like…be people in a very general sense? I was looking at the …sublemmies I follow, and they’re all like niche stuff. I really don’t even know where to post this question (so please pardon me if I screwed up and feel free to redirect me).
In essence, where – if anywhere – do people interact with people online?
https://thefoolwithapen.com
Not really, it’s a tiny little blog (without ads and without tracking) written either in English or in French, depending my mood and the topic. It’s personal in the strictest sense. My only suggestion would be to trust your guts while browsing through some post titles, and by all means don’t feel bad if you feel like reading none: there will be no hard feelings on my part ;)
D’acc. Je vais lire. Et maintenant j’éxpecte que vous êtes Canadien.
Mais à ce propos: Puis-je devenir Canadien, siouplé? Can I become a Canadian, pliiiz?, … impossible de ne pas partager ce lien (et mon admiration) ;)
Not really: French ;)
I just gleaned that from your blog. Sadly, there was no comments section, so I’ll comment here.
I just read the post about “good” vs “evil,” and I agree. I’m also reminded of a book I once read by Nietzsche.
Those sorts of labels are eagerly assigned by politicians but usually misstate and distort reality. I would much prefer to see more people thinking more critically and, perhaps as a consequence, showing more doubt.
I suggest people use email instead of comments.