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Aneristic Illusions / Re: The New Chaos Marxism
« on: December 13, 2019, 09:38:53 pm »
I keep thinking about searchlores.org -- it was this forum-community many years ago. Hosted a ton of essays around this broad network of topics. Much like PD, it was a very engaged, creative community in its time.
The website looks like it's from 1995. That's on purpose. It's meant to deter people who are going to judge it based on its aesthetics.
I kinda recall the Barbelith forums were like that too -- purposefully antiquated, favored long-form posts.
so there's hope...
I also think that the ultra short-attention span engagement is a function of UX -- it's baked into any site with a bottomless newsfeed. But maybe it won't be like this forever.
different structures lead to different communities...
LOL, can you imagine THE RETURN OF THE INTERNET FORUM?
I've had this daydream for a while now -- indulge me in this train of thought
imagine Discordian cabals meeting up in person to write holy texts
and then each cabal mails its holy texts via snail mail to other people in the network -- just like the Discordians of old did -- call it a POEE 2.0
And the only rule is that the texts are not allowed to be posted on the Internet, they have to only exist in meatspace. When you read them, it's a physical experience which is isolated from newsfeed psychology. And the ideal setting to read these materials is in the physical presence of your cabal. And by yourself is OK too, after all, it can be a 1-member cabal. But just don't ingest that stuff in the same way you ingest "normal content".
Think of this communication style - which was once practiced by Discordians of old - as its own medium
And part of that medium's message is to unite theory and practice. To move the body in Discordian circles.
and yeah, I know, this is a boomer idea. HOW ABOUT WE GO BACK TO WRITING LETTERS TO EACH OTHER BY HAND AND USING ROTARY PHONES AND WATCHING THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, NOW THERE WAS A GOOD SHOWMAN.
look, it's not meant for everybody
who wants to talk to everybody? russian bots, that's who.
The website looks like it's from 1995. That's on purpose. It's meant to deter people who are going to judge it based on its aesthetics.
I kinda recall the Barbelith forums were like that too -- purposefully antiquated, favored long-form posts.
so there's hope...
I also think that the ultra short-attention span engagement is a function of UX -- it's baked into any site with a bottomless newsfeed. But maybe it won't be like this forever.
different structures lead to different communities...
LOL, can you imagine THE RETURN OF THE INTERNET FORUM?
I've had this daydream for a while now -- indulge me in this train of thought
imagine Discordian cabals meeting up in person to write holy texts
and then each cabal mails its holy texts via snail mail to other people in the network -- just like the Discordians of old did -- call it a POEE 2.0
And the only rule is that the texts are not allowed to be posted on the Internet, they have to only exist in meatspace. When you read them, it's a physical experience which is isolated from newsfeed psychology. And the ideal setting to read these materials is in the physical presence of your cabal. And by yourself is OK too, after all, it can be a 1-member cabal. But just don't ingest that stuff in the same way you ingest "normal content".
Think of this communication style - which was once practiced by Discordians of old - as its own medium
And part of that medium's message is to unite theory and practice. To move the body in Discordian circles.
and yeah, I know, this is a boomer idea. HOW ABOUT WE GO BACK TO WRITING LETTERS TO EACH OTHER BY HAND AND USING ROTARY PHONES AND WATCHING THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, NOW THERE WAS A GOOD SHOWMAN.
look, it's not meant for everybody
who wants to talk to everybody? russian bots, that's who.