by ilex

Imagine a dark forest at night. It’s deathly quiet. Nothing moves. Nothing stirs. This could lead one to assume that the forest is devoid of life. But of course, it’s not. The dark forest is full of life. It’s quiet because night is when the predators come out. To survive, the animals stay silent.

This is also what the internet is becoming: a dark forest.

In response to the ads, the tracking, the trolling, the hype, and other predatory behaviors, we’re retreating to our dark forests of the internet, and away from the mainstream.

This article is interesting enough, although I think the author suffers from something of a "twitter bluecheck" perspective -- a lot of people have always kept a low profile on the "public" internet and prefer spaces that focus on community (whether physical or online) rather than trying to be a public marketplace of ideas.