[gammalost]

I think it is just a question of community. Sure, you can make your own website, but people will (most likely) not read it. So what is the point? Some do it for the love of writing, but that is a niche at best.

On social media, you just comment on someone's post and (if spicy enough take) the comments will come.

[terminalbraid]

Directly from the article:

> Unfortunately, this is what all of the internet is right now: social media, owned by large corporations that make changes to them to limit or suppress your speech, in order to make themselves more attractive to advertisers or just pursue their owners’ ends.

[CRConrad]

Yeah, if that -- the semi-fake "interaction" of algorithm-mediated "likes" and comment flamewars (or endless streams of vapid cat pictures) -- is what you're after, fine.

This article was about another Web (like all of it used to be), when that's not what you want. There is a difference.