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 ====== The Good Web ====== ====== The Good Web ======
  
-A term for the part of the internet built in good faith — broader than the [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|IndieWeb]], though it contains it.+A term for the part of the internet built in good faith: broader than the [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|IndieWeb]], though it contains it.
  
 ===== Definition ===== ===== Definition =====
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   * Nobody is selling your reading habits to an insurance company   * Nobody is selling your reading habits to an insurance company
  
-The Good Web is not a technology, not a protocol, not even a community — though it contains all of those things. It's a **disposition toward the person on the other end of the connection.**+The Good Web is not a technology, not a protocol, not even a community: though it contains all of those things. It's a **disposition toward the person on the other end of the connection.**
  
 The difference between a neighbour who bakes you bread and a supermarket that puts the bread at the back because they know you'll buy chips on the way. Both offer something. Only one gives a shit whether you leave full. The difference between a neighbour who bakes you bread and a supermarket that puts the bread at the back because they know you'll buy chips on the way. Both offer something. Only one gives a shit whether you leave full.
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   * [[indieweb:neighbourhood|Webrings]], blogrolls, directories   * [[indieweb:neighbourhood|Webrings]], blogrolls, directories
   * Forums like [[https://32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]], [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand]], [[https://tildes.net/|Tildes]]   * Forums like [[https://32bit.cafe/|32-Bit Café]], [[https://forum.melonland.net/|MelonLand]], [[https://tildes.net/|Tildes]]
-  * [[protocols:start|Alternative protocols]] — Gemini, Gopher, twtxt+  * [[protocols:start|Alternative protocols]]: Gemini, Gopher, twtxt
  
 ===== What It Is Not ===== ===== What It Is Not =====
  
-The Good Web is not innocent or pure. Its failure mode is **human failure** — thoughtlessness, clique formation, accessibility gaps. Not structural failure. Nobody built the Good Web to extract from you.+The Good Web is not innocent or pure. Its failure mode is **human failure**: thoughtlessness, clique formation, accessibility gaps. Not structural failure. Nobody built the Good Web to extract from you.
  
 ===== Why Corporate Social Media Fails This Test ===== ===== Why Corporate Social Media Fails This Test =====
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   * 48% of US teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age (Pew 2024, up from 32% two years prior)   * 48% of US teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age (Pew 2024, up from 32% two years prior)
   * 58% of college students would prefer a world without Instagram; 57% without TikTok   * 58% of college students would prefer a world without Instagram; 57% without TikTok
-  * 62% of UK young people aged 16–24 believe social media does more harm than good (More in Common)+  * 62% of UK young people aged 16-24 believe social media does more harm than good (More in Common)
  
-People know something is wrong. The dissonance is not channelled into finding something better — by design. Learned helplessness. The belief that migration would take too much effort. But these beliefs are manufactured.+People know something is wrong. The dissonance is not channelled into finding something better: by design. Learned helplessness. The belief that migration would take too much effort. But these beliefs are manufactured.
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[indieweb:start|IndieWeb Index]]   * [[indieweb:start|IndieWeb Index]]
  
-  * [[indieweb:harm_reduction|Harm Reduction — Practical Steps]] +  * [[indieweb:harm_reduction|Harm Reduction: Practical Steps]] 
-  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|What Is the IndieWeb?]]+  * [[indieweb:indieweb_defined|The IndieWeb, Defined]]
   * [[indieweb:onboarding_gap|The IndieWeb Onboarding Gap]]   * [[indieweb:onboarding_gap|The IndieWeb Onboarding Gap]]
   * [[indieweb:trust_online|Trust and Faith Online]]   * [[indieweb:trust_online|Trust and Faith Online]]
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