RE: Nostalgia for the old internet and when I had energy to care
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I look at the Internet and its 'decay' of community in a similar way to real life. We do move on eventually. We may not have grown bored and tired, but perhaps some other part of our lives just filled that space instead. Some other hobby. Some new connections with family members or loved ones, or just new friends.
I think that is what happened to me too, where the Hive community I had dried up, and I just couldn't find myself to care to work myself to the bone to revive it. After all, if others moved on, why shouldn't I accept it and also move on to something I feel is more worthy of my effort and time? Like those around me. Or the photography.
Even if we do that, it's easy to sometimes fall into the nostalgia and think of those more 'simple' and energetic times, even if they aren't too different to some other parts of our lives now.
The Internet has definitely grown more thin in some ways. It does feel like community is purely driven by algorithms and people just pursuing followers and likes. But on the other hand I think this also pushes people into wanting to find more real engagements with people, getting outside and finding those physical communities to replace it.
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It’s a combination of things for sure and getting older is definitely an extra layer of complexity, especially for those of us who are trying to stay energetic and vibrant.
There is an overall sense of everyone and everything being spread thin. In some ways I think it’s a great trend because we are more aware of the world. But as dopamine addiction is so pervasive in society, it often goes overboard and has led to some pretty weird things too.
I guess if can change one thing I want to make it more intentional so that my energy isn’t wasted on things that really don’t matter and so these interests and the things we spend our time on have a natural evolution rather than just being fueled by the randomly generated algorithms and our addictions. I actually think the tools are there to make a culture that is much more positive than the cultures of the past, we just gotta figure out how we wanna do it and do it!
Hope you are enjoying your photography and the people around you ✨✨✨