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    1. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [3/*] The idea behind decentralized computing, and why it was so exciting, was that it offered an opportunity for people to bypass media authorities and communicate directly with each other.

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    2. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [4/*] People completely forget this today, but unmediated access to computers at that time was seen as a major benefit to people whose identities were unwelcome in the mainstream; because computers kept you anonymous, no one could know your race, gender, nationality, etc.

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    3. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [5/*] Having seen that potential, when I was growing up, I've always thought of computers as the place where people can escape from the demands of social conformity, whatever they happen to be in that era, and be who they actually are.

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    4. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [6/*] So you can perhaps imagine why it would seem shocking to someone like me when so many people clamor for faceless, unaccountable corporations to insert themselves into your life, and for them to exert control over what you can and can't say to each other and publicly.

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    5. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [7/*] But the thing I realized just today that was so depressing is _of course that's going to be true_. The reason it was that way in the first place was because the majority of people must have wanted it that way. Most people _don't_ want other people to be themselves.

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    6. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [8/*] If most people _wanted_ other people to be themselves and express themselves, our _mainstream_ media would have always reflected that! Why this was not obvious to me, I don't know.

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    7. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [9/*] So this leads to obvious depressing conclusion: the more people engage in computing, the more it becomes just like mainstream media. Because if anything else were to be true, it would have already been true of the media that came before it :(

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    8. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [10/*] So you don't have to wonder what the future of communication looks like! It looks just like the past. If books were banned, movies will be banned; if movies were banned, YouTubes will be banned.

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    9. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [11/*] So computers didn't really offer anything different. The only thing they were was _new_. And something new has a brief period when the majority of people aren't using it, so their desire to force people to conform isn't applied.

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    10. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [12/*] I'm not sure if that makes me more or less depressed. It's a depressing thought, but maybe also one that is slightly motivating: it means we can always make a new - albeit shortly lived - place free from the demands of social conformity.

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      Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17

      [13/*] We just make a new medium for communication, and for a brief time, before it becomes popular, people will be able to be themselves there. The depressing part is, of course, that it will only last for a short while.

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        2. bmcnett‏ @bmcnett Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          IRC is still there, and remains just as free as it ever was. it may even have more simultaneous users today, than 20 years ago?

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        3. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17
          Replying to @bmcnett

          It is free because it is not used by most people, as per the central thesis of my thread. Anything that remains marginal can be free. Anything that gains traction becomes repressed.

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        2. Hasen Judy حسن الجودي‏ @hasen_judy Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          The internet is much bigger than Twitter and Facebook though. There should still be a place for hacker-ethic like communities. They're just harder to find now.

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        3. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17
          Replying to @hasen_judy

          But that's not what the thread is about, right? What I'm saying is, there will not be a thing that everyone uses but that is also not repressive. The reason you can find hacker-ethic communities is because they are small.

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        1. f_stiebeling‏ @f_stiebeling Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          I don't know if I agree. Sure, the mainstream is strong in the internet today, but nevertheless you can still do your own thing there and find your niche places apart from all this?

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        2. Scott Lee  🎮  🎄‏ @scottlee Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          It has kind of gotten so bad that I am spending time trying to figure out how I can better withdraw from society while still paying my bills and being comfortable. Those two live in some degree of tension with each other. 😆

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        3. Casey Muratori‏ @cmuratori Aug 17
          Replying to @scottlee

          100% right there with you.

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        1. Admyral‏ @admyral Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          Isn't that just the typical capitalistic cycle in general? Innovative idea > popularity (cool) > monetization > predatory behavior > moderation (uncool) > next.

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        1. Richard Mitton‏ @grumpygiant Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          “oh you’re in _that_ medium? yeah I used to be there before it was cool but no one goes there any more; it’s too busy.”

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        1. Ivan Braidi‏ @Ivan_Braidi Aug 17
          Replying to @cmuratori

          The sad thing - in any field - is that the best part is in the beginning when the thing is small and only for few, smart people who really care about it. When mass - that is mediocre by definition - and easy profit take on, that is the end.

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