About
The idea to create this blog came to me after reading the following essay: Where have all the websites gone?, in which the author calls for a return to user-driven curation of the internet, rather than curation by algorithms.
For some time now, I’ve missed the “Internet” before the hegemony of social media and smartphones, which has standardized everything according to what four or five big tech companies (GAFAM: Google, Apple, Facebook (Meta), Amazon, and Microsoft) dictate.
And it’s not just about “who” determines this, but also “how”: algorithms, endless feeds, and constant suggestions create an uninterrupted flow of information; something not very intelligible and which, in the end, benefits only the big tech companies themselves, who profit from ads while capturing our data.
Originally, I wrote the text above for a page I created on LinkStack (an open-source alternative to Linktree), the idea of which was simply to share links to recommended websites.
However, I discovered Bear Blog, a platform that allows you to host a simple, text-focused blog. So, I’ll also be posting reviews and recommendations here for books, movies, music, games, software, etc., as well as my reflections.