Nice, is there a way for me to sub from a different instance? If not, I can create an account on lemmy.ml.

Fallout 4

This is a good one. Screw walled gardens.

1. No walled garden
2. No bots/engagement algorithms
3. User privacy
4. Loose moderation (clear rules that must be followed)

The same reason that I left Digg.

The LEGO website

Yo, a couple years ago I had become fed up with the state of the modern Internet, and I started looking for alternatives. This is what I have found so far:

• Gopher protocol (sdf.org is pretty active)
• Gemini protocol (Modern version of gopher)
• Shared UNIX systems (also called tildes) sdf.org is great!
• RSS
• IRC/Matrix to chat with people
• Session messenger to chat with family
• BBSes via syncterm
• wiby.me and marginalia.nu search engines to find personal web sites
• oldavista.com to browse the ‘Old Net’
• Web forums
• Neocities
• Webrings (They still exist!)
• Lemmy (This is a new one)

The next step for me will be to build my own personal site. The only way to keep the independent web alive is to participate in it.

Pan-fried tofu and garlic with a dash of soy sauce.