The old web isn’t a platform, an aesthetic, or a technology. The old web is people creating and sharing because they are intrinsically motivated. Everything we hate about the current web comes from extrinsic motivations. Good luck removing them.
The old web isn’t a platform, an aesthetic, or a technology. The old web is people creating and sharing because they are intrinsically motivated. Everything we hate about the current web comes from extrinsic motivations. Good luck removing them.
This is the most succinct critique of the “old web phenomenon” I’ve come across and I reckon can be applied to other issues as well. There doesn’t seem to be a dearth of extrinsic motivators these days, oddly mediated through screens.
Yes, true, that describes it even better than "people weren't trying to make a profit".
Luckily there are lots of people who still just make and post cool stuff, for the purpose of creating and sharing.
Beautifully and succinctly stated, damn. This is like, reading a bunch of philosophy and trying to wrap your head around it and some bored professor casually ELI5’s the topic.