RSS never tracked you

@Daojoan The old web was perfect. The browser showed you when a page was loading and you knew when it was done loading. Now I never know if the element I'm about to click on is going to change or if the whole page is going to shift.

@Daojoan hello I've been following your post for a while most say you are part of the reason I'm still on here

@Daojoan
Yeah!
The old web is still there.
I use RSS with fluent-reader
I use email with #deltachat
I use a blog with own domain

You just have to ignore the commercial Social Media and advertising with f.e. uBlock, then you'll see it

@funes @Daojoan
I still have a site like that sitting on my hard drive.
Ah, the good ol' days.

@Daojoan @mdx minor clarification: email tracked you, though

@Daojoan
To me, they are just passive web, much unlike the active web now.
They will never die, unlike the companys.

@Daojoan

Usenet news groups stayed on topic!

They were organized by topic.

I keep wondering why we abandoned that idea.

...

(Well yes, it's still there and one can still use it. But so much of it has been taken over by robots pushing spam. )

@kajord @Daojoan the way I would constantly refresh my RSS reader…

@Daojoan @lisamelton Hell, now most people use a browser that’s spyware from a marketing company. Dark times.

@mingistech @lisamelton Indeed.

@Daojoan yes! Agreed!

@Daojoan

You clearly never owed Email money.

Stop romanticizing the old web. It's flawed but should be acknowledged for what it is.

@patrick_h_lauke @Daojoan noticed how they never measure engagement with family and friends? Set KPIs for mental wellbeing and sleep cycle? It's like they work for big psychiatry!

@JeffGrigg @Daojoan pathetic penis pill pushing profiteers. Not just the placebos, but mostly.

@Daojoan Gemini and Gopher are still a thing fwiw. Check out Lagrange

@joeinwynnewood @Daojoan That's literally my daily life. It's still here, you just need to look.

@Daojoan is it really the old web? What's the new Web then?

I'd argue that the same proponents that label these technologies old, are the same ones trying to break the Web and other open standards. RSS, Email, blogs and other internet technologies are still the current open internet. We never had successors to them.

@patrick_h_lauke @Daojoan inflated by bots 🤪

@Daojoan Totally feel this. The old web had soul—messy, personal, and real. You made your corner, shared what mattered, and no one was chasing likes. It wasn’t perfect, but it felt human. Maybe it’s time we reclaim a bit of that.