The web at 35: Tim Berners Lee's baby has gone astray

[@goddessesstartrekonlinefle3061]

This video deserves attention. Too few people are talking about this issue which just keeps getting worse.

[@jholloway77]

Hearing about the internet reminds me abou something a professor said in my history class. The professor talked about how at first people were saying it would lead to a freer society with individuals becoming more enlightened. While some people used their new access to mass printing to learn more and broaden their horizons, most people would read texts that were already conforming to their views. He talked about how the printing press when paired with the Reformation led to more fanatical and violent religious wars in Europe that dwarfed anything before (proportionally the 30 Years War is Europe's largest). Additionally, using the mass communication of the printing press led to more propaganda from governments. It also allowed them to more easily standardize rules & policies to establish larger state bureaucracies, leading to the absolutist monarchies or centralized parliamentary governments. His argument was that in some ways the printing press made people freer and shopped ideas around more easily, but it also led to a more centralized society. The professor highlighted how with the internet people were saying the same things about freedom and society, but he guaranteed that in time things would centralize around key players. Haunting & accurate prediction.

[@RacerX-]

wow Sir Berners-Lee is not wrong. The internet has gone astray and I honestly don't know if it is even possible to fix it. Mega commercialism controls it now. I remember the fun of connecting to the early public internet in 1992 or 1993 at my office headquarters. Our desktops had to have a public IP address in order to connect. Such bad security back then, not even a firewall. haha

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

Imagine if Lee built on an off switch 😆

[@NilsFredrikGjerull]

I mostly agree with Sir Berners-Lee description of the problem, but I am sceptical of the solution he describe. I do not think use of government power is the solution, and even less the UN. I have lost my trust in UN as an institution. The data collection done by Facebook and profiling done by Cambridge Analytica now seems like child play compared to the cooperation between big business and government we have seen since. The cure has been worse than the disease, and we have only gotten sicker.

[@stevojohn]

Pop-ups are becoming a bloody nuisance.

[@AlsGeekLab]

The problem is a lot bigger than popups though! The issue of decentralization is a major one. The internet was supposed to be a melting pot of multiple sites, not a place for 4 businesses: Facebook, google, Microsoft, and Twitter that control the narrative for the way we live our modern lives

[@belstar1128]

Chan urrainn dhomh eadhon dad àicheil a ràdh mu google air youtube ach is e seo am fuasgladh agam seadh tha e a’ fàs doirbh làraich-lìn beaga a lorg air google agus eadhon duckduckgo chan eil ann ach leasachadh beag agus a’ leantainn ann an ceumannan google. ach is e an rud duilich nach eil coltas gu bheil dragh air a’ mhòr-chuid de luchd-cleachdaidh eadhon ged nach fhaigh iad na tha a dhìth orra air na prìomh làraich-lìn a bheir iad seachad gu tur. tha fios agam air cuideigin a tha ag obair airson taic teignigeach an isp agus a h-uile uair a bhios facebook sìos gheibh thu daoine gan gairm. oir tha iad den bheachd gu bheil an eadar-lìn gu lèir sìos. agus tha mi cuideachd a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil Tim Berners Lee rud beag naïve a thaobh mar a tha e a’ smaoineachadh gun cuidich an aon agus riaghaltasan na Frainge is na Gearmailt. leis gu bheil e soilleir nach eil dragh aca mu shaorsa, prìobhaideachd agus còraichean daonna ma choimheadas tu air cuid de na laghan a tha iad air a bhith. seachad o chionn ghoirid. tha mi creidsinn gu bheil e dìreach sean agus fhathast ga smaoineachadh mar na 90an nuair nach robh iad cho coirbte . ich kann nicht einmal mehr etwas negatives über google auf youtube sagen, aber das ist meine lösung ja, es wird immer schwieriger, kleinere webseiten bei google zu finden, und selbst duckduckgo ist nur eine kleine verbesserung und tritt in googles fußstapfen. aber das traurige ist, dass es den meisten nutzern egal zu sein scheint, selbst wenn sie auf den top webseiten nicht das bekommen, was sie brauchen, geben sie einfach komplett auf. ich kenne jemanden, der für den technischen support eines isp arbeitet, und jedes mal, wenn facebook down ist, rufen die leute dort an. weil sie denken, dass das gesamte internet down ist. und ich denke auch, dass Tim Berners Lee ein wenig naiv ist, wenn er glaubt, dass die un und die französische und deutsche regierung helfen werden. denn sie kümmern sich eindeutig nicht um freiheit, privatsphäre und menschenrechte, wenn man sich einige der gesetze anschaut, die sie in letzter zeit verabschiedet haben. ich schätze, er ist einfach alt und denkt immer noch wie in den 90er Jahren, als sie weniger korrupt waren. jeder liebte die un in den 90er Jahren und frankreich und Deutschland waren fortschrittlicher als die meisten anderen länder, die jetzt aufgeholt haben.

[@AlsGeekLab]

Gallic und Deutsch?

[@belstar1128]

@@AlsGeekLab they deleted my comment in English. I picked Gaelic because I think you are Scottish. but you probably only know English. but it will not let me post it in English so I had no choice. but literally every other language will work.