Hacker News, which is an example people often use to indict the Internet, has directly contributed far more to my present happiness and circle of friends than e.g. my university did. It has its fair share of problems, too, but because Internet we take it so much less seriously.
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Taking it seriously: consider HN versus a university of your choice. Here, let’s take Harvard. Harvard clearly does some good in the world and has its share of problems. We tend to credit only one of those two factors for HN because of a disbelief the Internet could do the other.
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@jhooks We’ve had weekly video hangouts every Friday for the past 7 years. People from all over the world connect and talk about web design face to face. It makes a huge difference. Some of these people are my closest friends and I’ve never met them in person.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It might be a race to the bottom kind of thing, and the good pockets are those that don't agree to that set of rules.
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+1. Slack and WhatsApp are two internet technologies that have kept me tightly bound (and greatly increased my net happiness) with friends and family.
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@jhooks as well. I’ve built my@weaversspace community over the past 10 years and it’s an amazing place to be. Free do trolls for the most part.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jhooks the community has bounced around many platforms over the years. I now host the software that it’s on. And we use Zoom for the hangouts.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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