But actually it's not the web, not really. It's the big tech platforms that most people seem to think is the internet now. It's sad to watch how people log on to "Facebook" and not the general web anymore. And then Google in front of everything, like a big cancer growth.

Lemmy is not the new internet either I believe. But it's here to show people that something else can exist. As soon as we let advertising in here though, it's over.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 months ago

The beautiful thing about decentralisation is that if an instance tries to as ads, then you can go to a different instance and see the same content.

If an instance creates as posts, your instance admin can block the whole instance.

Interestingly, the big instances seem to easily get enough donations to cover costs. I think that's the great thing about this model, people are willing to donate when they know it's not some big corporate making profit for shareholders.

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

adding to the old internet thing, using mojeek reminds me of the old search results! searched for something mildly obscure, actually got good results and also a porn site lmfao.

[–] Mojeek@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

there's a safe mode if it's of use: nested in the settings gear menu but also on /preferences (to turn it on for all searches)

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

thanks peakjeek