the Good Internet will "rise again"

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
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Subject	the Good Internet will "rise again"
Date	2017-03-12 22:56 +0000
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Title: Nick Denton Predicts 'The Good Internet' Will Rise Again
Author: help@slashdot.org
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:34:00 -0400
Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/w4vGlxbtC14/nick-denton-predicts-the-good-internet-will-rise-again

Gawker founder Nick Denton argued today that the future will be rooted in sites
like Reddit which involve their reader community -- even if there's only a
handful of subtopics each user is interested in. "There's a vitality to it and
there's a model for what [media] could be," he told an audience at the South by
Southwest festival. But when it comes to other social media sites, "Facebook
makes me despise many of my friends and Twitter makes me hate the rest of the
world," Denton said. And he attempted to address America's politically-charged
atmosphere where professional news organizations struggled to pay their bills
while still producing quality journalism. An anonymous reader quotes PCWorld:
The internet played a huge role in this crisis, but despite it all, Denton
thinks the web can be the solution to the problems it created. "On Google
Hangouts chats or iMessage you can exchange quotes, links, stories, media," he
said. "That's a delightful, engaging media experience. The next phase of media
is going to come out of the idea of authentic, chill conversation about things
that matter. Even if we're full of despair over what the internet has become,
it's good to remind yourself when you're falling down some Wikipedia hole or
having a great conversation with somebody online -- it's an amazing thing. In
the habits that we enjoy, there are the seeds for the future. That's where the
good internet will rise up again." To show his support for news institutions,
Denton has also purchased a paid subscription to the New York Times' site.

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