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  • rickdg@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    Normification is a facet of our undemocratic capitalism. As you see yourself as a consumer of the internet and not a citizen, you mostly assume that a thing being

    1. popular
    2. monetizable
    3. and convenient

    is always preferable.

    So the internet continues to have a huge potential to host many cool places, but

    1. they can’t reach users that might be interested
    2. gaining support from small donations is difficult
    3. and they can’t integrate a complete set of features, accessibility, design and content moderation.

    If you ask an average internet user about these places, it’s a common response to say they’re weird as in not normal. If you dig a bit for what they mean, it’s usually the above. Nobody is there, it can’t make money and it doesn’t have all the things.