r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 15 '25

Social Media TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-plans-immediate-us-shutdown-153524617.html
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u/StarskyNHutch862 Jan 16 '25

I never personally used Digg I use to use other forums back in the day (IMO way better than this anonymous bullshit, people held you accountable for your words) but I remember how much everyone on reddit when I started would mention how great Digg was and why it died. NEVER hear about Digg anymore. We've breached into a new era. Free speech was also far more upheld on this website back then. This sites really changed and it aint been for the better.

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u/Mobilelurkingaccount Jan 16 '25

Technological enshittification feels like an inevitability at this point. Ad money controlling content even in fucking search engines these days… maddening.

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u/bollvirtuoso Jan 16 '25

Dude, people were complaining about this shit in like 1993. It was called Eternal September and bemoaned the fact that people outside of the tech community got access to Usenet.

There was probably some name for this in, like, fucking 1985 when college kids at universities got access to TCP/IP.