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The Boring Internet (text) | Terry Godier

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The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

You chose the quiet version. No animations. No scroll effects. Just words. The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. ──────────────────────────────────────── You have noticed that the internet is dying. Twitter changed hands, changed names, and changed shape, and the version of it you knew is gone. Reddit went public. Google search now returns generated answers stapled to half a dozen ads. Instagram is bots making content for bots. Discord servers you joined in 2019 have gone quiet. The blogs you read in 2012 redirect to parked domains. The forums wher

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