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“You know…fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.”

Community was the escape hatch.

• Note: 커뮤니티는 소외받는 사람들을 위한 탈출구였다. 지금의 커뮤니티는 어떠한가? 건강하고 선한 영향을 끼치는 커뮤니티는 얼마나 되는가? 어떻게 지속 가능한가?

What these rising apps and platforms all share is fragmentation. Whether it’s intentional self-sorting into like-minded or community-moderated groups, or the natural fragmentation that comes from a bunch of different people watching their own algorithmically curated video feeds, these apps all have a way of separating people based on who they want to talk to and what they want to be exposed to.

• Note: 떠오르는 대부분의 소셜 미디어는 알고리즘에 의한 분열을 발생시킨다. 이로 인해 사람들은 보고 싶은 것만 보게 되고, 편향에 빠질 확률이 높아진다. 편향에 빠지는 것은 무조건 나쁜 것일까? 편향이 생기는 것을 막을 수 있을까?

This doesn’t mean we need a world where nobody talks to anyone we disagree with — instead of thick walls, we need semipermeable membranes. And a fragmented internet, where people can try out multiple spaces and move from forum to forum, is perfect for providing those membranes. Disagreement in society is necessary for progress, but it’s most constructive when it’s mediated by bonds of trust and affinity and semi-privacy. Our boundaries will always rub up against each other, but we need some boundaries.

• Note: 그렇지만 다양한 의견과 생각은 사회의 발전 과정에서 꼭 필요하다. 결국 중요한 점은 제대로 중재되어 건설적인 소통을 할 수 있는 공간이 필요하다는 것이다. 디스콰이엇은 건설적인 소통을 할 수 있는 공간인가? 그렇게 되려면 어떻게 해야 하는가?

The internet wants to be fragmented

Throwing the whole world into a single room together doesn't work.

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-internet-wants-to-be-fragmented