--- title: "We can have a different web" url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-can-have-a-different-web-q57smygyp source_url: https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/ type: article source: "Lobsters" published: 2024-11-05T22:03:08.557Z updated: 2024-12-11T14:33:55.145Z tags: ["webdev", "privacy", "social-media"] reading_time: 14 upvotes: 20 comments: 3 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # We can have a different web **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 14 min read · 20 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary The post reflects on the current state of the internet and contrasts it with the more open, creative, and less commercialized early days. It discusses issues like the dominance of large platforms, pervasive advertising, engagement farming, and the erosion of personal spaces online. It also emphasizes that the potential to return to a more decentralized and user-driven web still exists, and that modern tools and technologies make it easier than ever to cultivate independent online spaces. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@keatonh** · 1 upvotes > A few visionaries make their dreams into reality, users start using the platform, costs become a problem, ads pop up here and there. The visionaries get greedy or sell out to greedy people, more and more ads/paywalls/subscriptions are pushed, bots boost the numbers. Then users start declining from the increasing ads/payments which results in more ads/payments to offset the loss, bots keep pouring in to make the numbers good for investors. The cycle continues down that path until the platform is absolute garbage propped up by influencers selling their fake experiences to people with mundane... **@gracedorgan** · 0 upvotes > I've been really enjoying https://indieweb.org/ for this exact reason **@claudette** · 0 upvotes > Great post ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/we-can-have-a-different-web-q57smygyp)