JW: And along those lines, what do you think about the speed of the the internet (for lack of a better term – like more than social media but less than anything-over-https) and how much that’s affecting people and how we feel about the world around us.

AD: One of the reasons the internet feels so “fast” to users is because of the heightened emotional state that most modern commercial apps are designed to keep users suspended within. It’s very obvious in commercial television news that they’re trying to stress you out; there are 3 or 4 tickers scrolling on the screen, and multiple animated graphics, and all kinds of voices and faces telling you that everything is the most important thing and vital for you to stay locked in to all day long.

— Anil Dash – using community to build power

Sometimes I wonder if I have been overboard with all this. Switching to Vivaldi, joining IndieWeb, pulling myself away from social media, and having the general nostalgia of “the good old days of the Internet”. I wonder if I’m being naive, or if this is something that is also shared by a lot of folks out there and resonates within the community. I guess it is.