Archived An Apology for the Internet From the Architects Who Built It - How things went wrong (nymag.com)
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Archived An Apology for the Internet From the Architects Who Built It - How things went wrong (nymag.com)
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[–] hrdtak 0 points 19 points 19 points (+19|-0) ago
This is a stupid article. I was expecting something along the lines of people saying they should have built anonymity in to the internet from the start. This was just someone blaming the internet for people not agreeing with their political views.
[–] weezkitty 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Yep. This is trash. Arguably what went wrong with the internet is allowing the government to regulate it and allowing mass information scraping from social media corporations and the government.
[–] fartyshorts 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
Those are the examples of how it went wrong. DRUMPF! ALT-RIGHT! MUH RUSSIAH!
[–] OneOfTheBoys 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Ellen Pao: 'the creators of the internet all had the same world view, so we though it was OK to have free speech on the internet... Little did we know.'
Ellen Pao is totally a creator of the internet. Who is Aaron?
[–] Diablo_Blanco 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I stopped reading when I saw her opinion was treated as though it had merit.
The internet is not on the list of things she should be apologizing for in print.
[–] prairie 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wait, wasn't she (along with Al Gore), one of the creators of the Internet? Was I lied to???
[–] carlip 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
none of these people had anything to do with creation of the internet. its just social justice self promotion. most weren't even alive when ARPANET was created.
[–] Beast-mode-freak 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Are you really surprised? It's a leftist propaganda piece, masquerading as a tech piece, of course it is inaccurate. Can't let truth get in the way of the narrative.
[–] RandomGoater 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Is there an alternate form of reddit somewhere I missed? When was retardit a bastion of the alt right? Or did they misspell Voat?
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I’d imagine they have a very incomplete knowledge of the facts because they do not support Trump and they conflate a bunch of things together which they then group, inaccurately, as alt-right. So, they are combining T_D and all of the now banned subs which have migrated over here in waves over the last 3 years.
[–] glassuser 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
The fuck? The only name on that list with a shred of credibility is Lowtax. Ellen fucking Pao? Richard "I hate guns and I can't explain why because I'm too busy avoiding bathing" Stallman? Give me a break.
[–] sadvulcan ago
Stallman was the only one with any good points.
[–] prairie 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm eager to hear how he does this for Amazon. "Nope, not telling your my address. I paid cash for this Amazon card and I'm placing the order."
[–] IGiveZeroFucks 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Ellen Pao...an architect of the internet? What alternative-universe portal did I fucking walk through?
[–] flapjack_charlie 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I like how the gist of this article is "we thought we could use the Internet to usher in the New World Order, not destroy it!"