#internet blackouts

[aristotels]

its horrid that gazans have to post their private, painful moments of saying farewell to their dead families. its so fucking terrible they have to post it online instead of being allowed privacy - and all so that the west can see their suffering because it doesnt even believe them. and even when they show it openly, the west still lies and fabricates lies and fake narratives. they literally have to humanize themselves. what the fuck. how does this not fill you with anger

#the days of internet blackout were genuinely horrifying

[gildedbearediting]

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April 1st is both Library Snap Shot Day, and Edible Book Day. A day for both fun and awareness when it comes to celebrating literature, and public access to it. Library Snap Shot Day being a day to bring awareness to what life could and would be like without access to library services. Some may say that libraries no longer have any purpose or use in society with the rise of the internet and its…

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#Book #book burning #Books #don’t burn books #get a library card #go to the library #internet blackout #internet blackouts #is this political #knuckered world #Libraries #Library #library card #Literacy #Literary #Literary Blog #Literary Day #Literary Days #Literature #might be political #Political #political awareness #read alot #read it all #read more #Reading

[fudgycat]

everyone calling reddit social media is wrong

it's a forum and message board platform not social media at least not in the same vain as other social media sites it doesn't work like twitter or instagram or tiktok

and I think this is why everyone on tumblr is more accepting of their refugees and not twitters (besides the twitter refugees bringing old discourse back)

because tumblr is also not what social media is thought of nowadays it's a blogging platform. both tumblr and reddit are similar in that they both reflect the internet of old, when forums and blogs and personal websites were more popular, a time when you didn't post about every little thing in your life, when you could be anonymous

and no matter how hard the ceos or the staff of either websites may try they can never fully transform into the next twitter or whatever without fundamentally changing what these websites are. which would be a death sentence

people aren't coming to these websites for social media, they're coming for the community, for the uniqueness, for the long discussions they can have without a character limit, for information, for anonymity. to browse the internet without feeling pressured into posting perfectly fake photos and stories about your life in a desperate attempt for likes and attention

#they are trying so so hard to make reddit a social media site #they're just gonna end up killing it #reddit blackout #reddit #196 #tumblr #internet

[lobautumny]

So like, the Reddit strike going on right now, yeah? I've been seeing a lot of people comment on how they appreciate the protest and then go on to say that this has the notable downside of them constantly looking up questions and not being able to easily find the answers because all of the easily-findable answers are exclusively on Reddit. I am not sure if most of the people making this observation are within the line of thought of "man, maybe this protest isn't such a good idea after all" or "man, it really sucks that we've let the internet get so consolidated," and I'm really hoping its the latter.

Like, all of this? This right here? Reddit making a shitty, anti-consumer grab for money and control over how people are allowed to access the information on their servers, and the website going dark in protest causing tons of people to not be able to access important information? This is exactly what people mean when they say that it's bad that the internet has shrunk down so much and is mostly comprised of, like, 10 websites. It's a fucking problem that one company making one bad decision and causing their website to crash and burn can jeopardize so much of humanity's cumulative information.

This two-day glimpse into the internet without Reddit is the warning shot. Imagine what will happen if Reddit actually goes down for good for one reason or another one day. Imagine what will happen if/when Discord or Fandom bites the dust, or gets rendered practically-unusable without paying an ever-increasing premium because they're owned by blood-sucking corporate leeches.

Another big thing is Twitter clamping down really hard on your ability to DM people if you don't have Twitter Blue. If this goes through, it'll put a ton of artists and sex workers who rely on Twitter DMs for their business operation into a shitty situation. Now, obviously, it's not gonna be the end of the world for them, but once again, it feels like a warning shot to me. Twitter is a sinking ship, and unless something changes and it starts to course-correct, I worry that it'll go under and all of the creators who rely on it will suddenly be in an extremely precarious situation.

These are the sorts of things that we, as the users of the internet, need to seriously think about as time goes on, and if we don't find an adequate answer sooner, we're going to pay for it later. I still hold that the best solution is to start making and using more individual, niche websites. Things like Twitter, Reddit, Discord, etc. have their place, of course, but I seriously think a lot was lost through the death of things like individual forums and the existence of many different wiki-hosting sites.

We need a concerted effort, not just on the side of larger creators, but on the users themselves, to stop exclusively using these larger websites and support the creation and growth of smaller, more niche websites, and prevent a catastrophe before it actually happens. I simply hope that people with larger platforms than my own pick up on all this and start talking about it and swaying people to act sooner rather than later. I know it's possible to correct the problem of the mysteriously tiny internet before a modern Library of Alexandria moment happens, I just don't know if that correction will actually happen in time.

#internet #reddit #reddark #reddit blackout #twitter #discord

[fixing-bad-posts]

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Okay not to be that person but I'm getting really sick and tired of hearing/seeing people be mean, so stop.

And yes, labels can be fluid and contradict each other sometimes <3

Bi lesbian is a valid sexuality

No hate on my dash.

Edit: Adding on real quick, nb people can be lesbians If you identify as a lesbian.

#fixing-bad-posts #fixingbadposts #blackout poetry #internet etiquette #bi lesbians #bi lesbian positivity #bi lesbian #pro mspec #mspec lesbians #nonbinary lesbian #queer inclusivity #queer

[winterpinetrees]

At the start, I didn’t think much about the Reddit strike. I use Reddit often, but it wasn’t hard for me to just…not use it for a few days. “Yay, let’s strike! Anyway.”

But now, it’s really hitting me just how horrifying all of this is. Three times today I’ve tried to find an answer to some obscure question, found an answer on Reddit, and then been blocked from it because the subreddit was privated. Say what you want about Reddit being an unreliable source, but so much gathered knowledge is currently locked away, and it will be lost forever if Reddit collapses because of the changes. I keep thinking back to last year’s r/place. How beautiful that collaboration was. I even used it in class to try and justify the internet to a teacher, and she found it profoundly meaningful. And now this hub of culture that seemed so permanent last week feels like it’s on borrowed time. All of this history is both frozen in time and on thin ice. There’s nothing to replace it right now. Definitely not tumblr, with its search functions that feel downright malicious.

Maybe I’m just new, but I don’t think community can live on here like it does on Reddit. It can live, but it’s doomed to be nomadic. Posts cycle around for years but you’d struggle to find a specific one without using google. Here, we’re always going to be wanderers, shouting into the void, walking the same familiar tags. Hold onto your mutuals, because they’re all you have. But Reddit is both community and archive. You can find people there, find things, find decade old posts. There’s problems of course, but I think the toxicity is worth it for everything else that it offers. There’s wisdom on Reddit. We will lose so much if we lose it.

To the Reddit refugees. You probably won’t see this post, but if you do, welcome. It’s a mess here, but you can find some things if you’re patient.

#reddit #reddit blackout #tumblr #internet culture #this is a bit personal #by me

[greetings-inferiors]

Don’t worry, you’re safe here. What’s happening to your website is awful, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn to love this hellsite more (I recommend it)

Just remember one thing: reblog reblog reblog!!! You will be blocked if you don’t reblog or make some post, so make haste! Search a few things you like, reblog it, follow some people, then just sit and let tumblr take over! I’m sure most people won’t mind if you start talking across reblogs (use the tags to talk on the down low!), and maybe you can even become mutuals (best friends for life???)!!!

#text post #Reddit #reddit blackout #new to tumblr #tumblr guide #tumblr #hellsite #you’ll get the culture quickly #and most of all #have fun!!!! #welcome to the Wild West of the internet! #randyposting

[vyorei]

UNICEF chief Catherine Russel announced they've lost contact with their colleagues in Gaza after the near-total communications blackout in the Strip

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #UNICEF #Catherine Russel #I think I'm gonna cry again this is terrifying for so many humanitarian orgs that are just trying to help #United Nations #Internet blackout

[dropthedemiurge]

As promised, here's more of Tumblr x Reddit... newfound cohabitation? Sleepover?xD Anyway, this is on you guys, remember ^^

Also it's an art for @serenadoesscience as a bit of a welcoming home-cave-hellsite roum tour :D

#i'm gonna draw little things separately and then add them all to t he original post #not to spam #anyway this art is also not so polished #because one can put that much effort into a meme for so long #also i'm a bit sick and sneezing onto keyboard isn't fun #but I hope you enjoy it anyway xD #tumblr x reddit #reddit x tumblr #tumblr #reddit blackout #reddit #reddit refugees #humanization #my works #dropthefanart #art #personification #is this my internet legacy now?xD

[mamonna]

And so the circle has been closed.

#reddit #tumblr #twitter #reddit blackout #reddit migration #tumblr migration #internet

[oldwebtrash]

This is a good moment to encourage all of you to make your own shitty website! Neocities is free and SadgrlOnline has a theme creator so you don't have to code a single thing.

You can also create a forum, Wiki or blog in WordPress or similar. They can't ban you there and since the downfall of Twitter and Reddit they are becoming popular again.

Let it be shitty, but let it be yours.

Don't let your web and everything you've worked for be destroyed the moment the web owners wants to make a bit more money than they already make.

#reddit blackout #Neocities #old internet

[estcaligo]

#i spent 3 days without electricity internet and mobile signal due to the attack #which isn't that bad comparing to those blackouts last year #but still #had panic attacks againg bc wasn't sure how long it would last #i could only go online for like 15 minutes at a location far from home #I'm so tired #i can't event die wtf #i really envy those who have hope #because I have none left #neither any reason to go on #they say if you have something worth living you can live through anything #must be nice #who even cares though #it's not important enough now isn't it lol

[chronicallyadhdexmo]

i’m studying the redditors like bugs. it’s like this

#parker talks #reddit migration #reddit refugee #idk what to tag this as #reddit blackout #that’s a thing right #if tumblr ever colaplsed i’d simply vanish from the internet #that was a lie #i would mourn for 10000 years though

[penflicks]

According to Al Jazeera's website Gaza is once more in an internet black out. 4/12/23.

I need everyone to talk about this, share it on the social media and until they have internet back we must make a concerted effort to talk about Palestine and Gaza even more than we have before.

Until the people of Gaza can fix the blackout imposed by Israeli airstrikes we must be their voice.

Gaza needs us

Gaza needs you

#free gaza #free palestine #palestine #gaza strip #gaza news #gaza #israeli apartheid #israeli occupation #Israel #ceasefire #colonialism #Internet blackout

[sugas6thtooth]

Message from Gaza: 12/15/23

#free palestine #free gaza #gaza #palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #pray for palestine #ceasefire #permanent ceasefire #blackout #internet outage #current events #world events #israel #america #usa

[fixing-bad-posts]

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I blocked every blog I didn't want to see, yes.

#fixingbadposts #fixing-bad-posts #blackout poetry #block button my beloved #blocking #internet etiquette #curate your experience