The World Wide Web in the mid 90s was small enough to be communicative in smaller groups. Concerned with Interop, compat, useful, meaningful, international, collaborative, social and technical growth. For us to have standards as people. Can it get better or are we all just stuck?
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I think the web is so vast that "better" may not even apply anymore. The tech will get progressively, measurably better, but as far as the community that we miss, the world of the web has gone from a town to a planet. Some parts of the planet will get better; some will get worse.
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To me, "better" is now more about reduction/localization; like, you can't fix urban sprawl so you move to the country. I doubt the mainstream web will ever get better鈥攊t's just too crowded鈥攕o I'm looking for smaller communities now; ones with the qualities of the early web.
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Replying to @csilverman @_csilverman
That's a wise approach. I'm starting to do the same, it just feels weird to me after a full 30+ career on the Web and Internet, BBS, network tech before it. Adaptation is key! Thanks Chris :)

Jan 25, 2023 路 6:04 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
It's funny鈥擨 missed the BBS era, but I had that experience in college on a student forum, and I've never lost that desire for something small and quirky. It just feels like home. I'm not sure any of us are designed to handle the level of connectedness of the past seven years.
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I agree, especially those of us who did not come to write software but humanity in search of information and documents meaningful, useful, important to society, searchable and available to all comers no matter condition, language, literacy, machine or browser much less humans.
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