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Kinda pretty sad that Dark Souls 3 is still so expensive… ever since Elden Ring blew up, its price has also skyrocketed. It finally got a sale today, but I remember many years ago it had a discount that was much lower.
Nevertheless, I got Alien Isolation, Dark Souls 3, and I’m hoping I can finally get some DAVE THE DIVER, but money is tight at the moment. This Steam Sale arrived at a pretty bad time for me :(
Yes, I agree with it being more genuine. Everyone was trying to figure out what the Internet meant and what you could do. It really felt like trekking into the unknown! I loved stumbling upon random websites, the flash games, the websites here and there, the blogs, the niche forums… I feel like the rise of social media and companies and the fact that companies figured out the people themselves were the product ruined a part of it somehow. I wish you good luck in incorporating that sense of adventure to your kids - I know it’s not easy with all the dangers online and outside. But the fact you’re trying to do that despite all is already so awesome.
Oh, man. Old TV was great, too. Now it’s just a plethora of commercials and scripted shows. I already got rid of cable, and rely on an old laptop connected to my TV for shows on that are on Youtube or Netflix. I don’t want to sound like an old lady raising her cane ranting about the good old days, but seriously, we had it great back then. It sometimes feels like the Internet launched us into an unknown and I feel so grateful I got to see the early days of it where people were still trying to figure it out and unleash their creativity, before it became… well, this. Now it’s just a monopoly of concepts and services, and companies where they want to herd us all to one direction that would get them money. I’m thankful for the convenience it brings of course, and I admit there are some I willingly pay for, just wish it felt more free and less commercialized.
It’s interesting, but not too long ago, I was musing with my friends how I missed the Old Internet (Internet of the late 1990s to late 2000s to be more specific). It was exciting and it felt like the digital word was your oyster - you could do anything and everything, and if you find a gold mine, you could meet interesting people who had a lot to share with common interests. Not much social media, not much algorithms that make your feed simply an echo chamber, and you really had to look sometimes what you were really looking for, and sometimes what you find might even surprise you.
Sigh, I feel awful that I took it for granted. I wish I had savored more of it. Nothing is going to be like that again.
I don’t feel bad that a considerable amount of them are indifferent to this plight. If they don’t care Reddit has been screwing over its users and has a very tone-deaf approach to this problem, they’re not the kind of people you want around anyway, and there’s nothing that will ever change their minds because they never had the empathy to understand the very root of this problem.
They can stay there. I’d rather be here without their gate-keeping, their negativity, their trolling, and their constant Reddit’s ass-kissing.
While a part of me doesn’t think this will last forever, it’s nice to be a part of a growing community in which you were a part from the relatively beginning (of an exodus, if we’ll be more specific about it). It makes people feel more involved and closer to each other, and see each other beyond just being a random name or a number or a statistic. Honestly, the fact that there isn’t a million eyes looking right now and scrutinizing every word I say gives me more confidence to simply… comment. Put myself out there. Like what I’m doing now. I’ve probably commented more in the past two days than I have from years on Reddit.
And I feel like even if it does get bigger (maybe not exponentially; I honestly doubt Reddit will lose a lot of people as some people just don’t care for change. Look at Twitter :/ ), I feel like the fact I’ve been here from when it was in its infancy to whatever point it may become in the future would give me the courage to keep expressing myself.
Just my two cents!
TFW you’re broke and $70 is the norm for AAA games now. As much as I want to get this on Steam so I can have all the games in one account, it’s looking like I have no choice but just play it on the XBOX game pass when it comes out. Living the PH, it’s 3 USD a month here.
Now we take the challenge to explore the world unknown and create quality content or initiate conversations…
Or we can just lurk again. Either way, Lemmy’s fun so far! Also created our own instance that will hopefully help our friends understand the Fediverse better.
I’ll be using both - Reddit because of habit, and mostly to just lurk. I won’t upvote/downvote or contribute anything - it can’t be debated that it’s still a treasure trove of knowledge. But I’ll be actively contributing here on Lemmy for sure because I want this to be the next home :)
And I thought they wouldn’t go any lower. It’s disgusting how far they’re willing to go - it’s like they’re so eager to prove us right.
Smaller communities, more intimate experiences, and overall, the people you’d see here are most likely who won’t accept or allow what Reddit now stands for.