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What's a current or growing trend only you seem to have concerns about? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by HouseWolf@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is "smart" nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn't require any of that before.

What's some things currently making you ramble like an old man?

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[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's more, they created a standardized format for how people add content. Facebook has template, Instagram has a template and users just plug in what they want to contribute. It has made it easier for more people to post things, for better or worse, but it sucked so much creativity from the internet. The individuality of personal websites has been crushed by these entities forcing people to use their format.

[–] kalleboo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

MySpace actually let you put in custom CSS and it was a huge free-for-all, everyone's page looked completely different, and usually it was a tacky unreadable mess of hot pink comic sans text over a bright purple texture background, absolutely horrible but very charming. Facebook very explicitly in contrast allowed no customization at all as a reaction to how bad users could make their pages look.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Don't get me started. How about "meme" templates? Just stick a few lines of text onto this well-known picture and everyone will have chuckle as they pass by.

It's exactly what you said.