Probably true from about 10 years ago.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2025
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Online monoculture died when the normies finally got online and brought real life cliques to the internet.
When was this?
Asking as someone who’s been on the Internet since 1989.
IMHO, old internet started to slowly die with the introduction of MySpace, Digg, and even 4chan, I call the period of 2006 to 2010 the slow decline era, then 2010 to 2016 the rapid decline era. 2016 to 2022 is the "classic centralized internet era", and now we have the era of the "new centralized internet", characterized by the peddling of far-right ideologies of these centralized platforms, alongside with the potential rebirth of the old, decentralized internet.
Yeah I have often said that the internet died when conservatives figured out how to use it. And not like the old school "libertarian" nerd conservatives, but like mainstream Republican cultists.
Ever since facebook
Facebook was fine at first. I remember excitedly hearing that my school was added to the list of approved schools to get a Facebook account.
Not sure if problems started when it was expanded beyond just listed colleges, or if it was just the public stories or wall or whatever it's called.
Facebook was never fine; it just wasn’t a silo effect at first—but it was still a privacy and security nightmare.
15-20 years or so ago. Whenever smartphones became the dominant communications tool, and pretty much everyone had access to the internet from their pocket square.
Been online since '93 myself at pretty much the dawn of the World Wide Web.
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You're not an internet veteran if you didn't get your start on ARPAnet
Anyone who wasn't online in 1969 is a n00b.
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I followed the link of a video here on Lemmy just a few minutes ago and it opened in the browser.
Nothing shocking up to this point.
Then I get a prompt from the video saying "Ready to buy products advertised in the video? Log into the official app in order to."
Direct purchase through the YT app is a novelty for me.
Newpipe all the way.
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People use the youtube app?
Yeah people use all sorts of stuff that you don't. Wild, isn't it?
I use new pipe if I heed. It's like a window into a crazy house. You can see what's going on, but you can't have a say.
I wish NewPipe or Freetube had their own comment community.
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I've been using YouTube as my primary source of entertainment since 2009. I don't think I've looked at the trending page even once.
Has the internet ever been a 'monoculture'?
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