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1) We have become lazy. Bit tech worked for us. Provided value. Bait and switch. Enshittification. Remove features, make them worse

2) Internet islands are not connected. Walled gardens. Platforms want to keep you in. Balkanization

3) Bots are everywhere. When you remove, sometimes you remove too much. Sanitization.

3) Controversial topics boosts your visibility. Social media therefore focus on what divides us

2) Algorithms use users vulnerability to waste time on funny gifs with cats. Algorithms use their users to sell their attention for profit

1) People had their blogs. Their pages. There were hobby related. No many pages I see are CV-like pages. It is again used for "sell-buy" mechanics. There are no "Links" section where author provides link to interesting places. Often there is no passion

0) Search is broken. Since you cannot find anything there is no motive to "create anything" outside what is visible

-1) I am trying to fix my approach toward search. I cannot replace google, but I may create something that helps me. My project for keeping bookmarks, and navigate the internet https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive



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