In Light of Fast-Accelerating Deterioration -- Sometimes Weaponisation -- Getting Off the #WorldWideWeb (to the Extent Feasible) Makes You Saner and Less Susceptible to Manipulation, Lies http://techrights.org/2021/11/23/weaponisation-of-www/ #www #propaganda #misinformation #spam
The #www became a #spamfarm some years ago. During #blackfriday week it is a SPAM farm on STEROIDS. Yuck. Get off it, join the "new Web" in #geminiSpace ...
Another very busy day gemini-wise. Over 30k page requests for today. I wonder if we'll exceed a million per month some time next year. #geminiProtocol is awesome, with very high s/n ratio, unlike the #www ... TRY IT!! http://techrights.org/gemini/
Bad practice: #www and esp. #socialcontrolmedia discourage people from reading long texts. We need fewer of these tools. https://www.maketecheasier.com/5-useful-tools-to-summarize-articles-online/
Fake 'article' or PURE SPAM on the #www - new example: https://www.dallasweekly.com/articles/starting-and-scaling-a-small-business-as-a-minority-entrepreneur/ Oh look... "Sponsored content from #JPMorgan Chase & Co." Have they arrested Jamie yet?
Not 100% of the #www is spam, but the majority is. And the proportion grows over time. A lot of the spam is even disguised as "news" and "reviews" http://techrights.org/2020/10/18/news-as-spam/
Each week that passes the #www becomes MOAR spammy than ever before. In #techrights we even maintain a list in #git of the spam sites... just to keep abreast of sites never to link to... and for software to enforce this blacklist, too
Example of #www spam disguised as news https://www.channele2e.com/channel-partners/msps/the-one-true-path-forward-for-connectwise/
A lot of so-called 'news' sites I used to follow are thoroughly compromised, inc. some of the so-called 'Linux' sites. This is sad... but that's where we are. The #www is a "burning platform" (to quote #microsoft mole Elop)
Nowadays the #www is a giant, massive spam farm -- including the so-called 'news' sites -- as sites that aren't spam perish and go offline, over time... move to #geminiSpace .... VASTLY better!! #geminiProtocol
For reasons unknown to me, a lot of tracking in URLs (I think #google / #feedburner -related) vanished across the #www some days ago. One of those RARE cases where something on the Web gets BETTER. Have not researched why it happened; wife notice that too on her PC...
#www = spamfarm, but you must be "on it" because your municipality and bank etc. are on it too, and sometimes they stubbornly insist that you get things done "on the Internet" [sic] (they only support WWW)
#Mozilla: Performance, Voice and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158004 #firefox #www #TuxMachines
#WebBrowsers : #Microsoft Aggression, Google Chrome Release, Tor Browser 11.0.1, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157992 #www #TuxMachines
There are opportunities for principled revolt on the Web, thanks to a bunch of clones and forks seeking to undo the disturbing trends of “mainstream” Web browsers http://techrights.org/2021/11/15/www-libre/ #www #freesw #internet #geminiProtocol
Pushing Back Towards 'Libre' (Freedom), Partly as an Act of Defiance/Resistance Against a #WorldWideWeb Which Gravitates Towards Endless #Spying and #DRM http://techrights.org/2021/11/15/www-libre/ #www
At some stage we need a MASSIVE #www exodus. The Web is broken, it's hijacked, it's increasingly abuse. The first step towards collective escape is, get a #gemini (and other protocols) client like #lagrange https://flathub.org/apps/details/fi.skyjake.Lagrange
