i would like to exchange text files on the internet
@Lady Am I being subtooted? This is an extremely valid objection, if I am being subtooted.
@gaditb you were not being subtooted haha i was complaining about the current state of internet culture mostly
@Lady (To be fair, that was my assumption. But "have we thought about the possible AU where we don't have a shared universal plaintext binary format" "I would like to exchange text files on the internet" does make SENSE--)
(Also, yes.
Like sure okay yeah it's COOL that you can make a really dynamic webserver that produces ad-hoc content in response to particular requests and maintains shared state across different endpoints that communicates the actions each to each-other.
And we've built up a BUNCH of really cool standards and expectations that allow us to socially-hold and technically-mediate cool shared social metaphors that we can co-exist within.
But also.
I like exchanging text files?? on the internet??
I enjoy this.)
@Lady (... I kinda kept going there and rereading there are other things you might have meant by this.)
@gaditb i think if i was to sum up my feelings on the internet in a short pithy phrase it is that we have created an experiential culture, one where you share experiences with others, not a documentary culture, one where you share documents
and i guess i just don’t think the experiential internet is all that good. i could use more documents
