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https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-rise-fall-internet-art-communities>
"Before big tech shepherded the vast number of online users onto a
handful of sleek websites, there was a scrappier internet—where offbeat
chat rooms and eccentric niche websites reigned, and carefully crafted
“away statuses” were a kind of personal branding—back when you could be
away from the internet. Until attention spans became a commodity, the
internet was dreamed of as a “bastion for people to direct their own
education,” as Charles Broskoski, co-founder of internet bookmarking
site are.na, remembers."
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote: "Zany, early creative communities such
as DeviantArt and conceptart.org have been steamrolled by homogenous
social media platforms."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
