The Sad Internet

[Paolo]

The Internet is a place of both joyous wonder — and corrosive meanness. There are delightful and hilarious memes and GIFs and videos made by GoPro-wearing puppies. And there are nasty troll attacks, flame wars, and outrage galore (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/why-is-inter ... 83899.html).

In 2014, however, we noticed a number of projects and sites that don’t fit either trope: neither Happy Internet nor Angry Internet.

They suggest, instead, a Sad Internet.

Some manifestations of the Sad Internet make a mockery of the pervasive cliché of the magical technology that connects us all, builds community, and generally permits the “crowd” to find and reward the wonderful.

The Sad Internet is a place full of unwatched videos, unliked photographs, unheard music, tweets that no one cared about, and crowdfunding projects that nobody backed.

Join us, if you will, for a tour of the Sad Internet.

read more:

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-sad-inte ... 56229.html

[Dave (imported)]

That makes my kitty cry.

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