We shouldn't complaint as it is all our fault. (haha)
I think OPML is the technology. Go build one and share it. Writing or recording your own stuff is a lot of work. Help promote all the cool things you've found outside the walled garden of plastic plants.
Build a website for someone, teach them html for 20 minutes and set up a domain, hosting and an ftp client for them. They can always call you if they get stuck.
That's the strategy I have with this blog. Instead of sitting and lamenting over the state of the internet, it's better to spread the word and encourage action. There are actual things we can do to reclaim parts of the web that died down. It doesn't need to be at the same scale as all the social networks out there, but even if it serves a small niche, that's a fantastic achievement.
Domain names and hosting are really more of the same garbage.
People should be able to host things on their computer and without having to learn anything. Friends should archive and mirror it and without having to check boxes.
Only with file sharing the establishment went to war. Maybe ipfs will grow to that level.
I think OPML is the technology. Go build one and share it. Writing or recording your own stuff is a lot of work. Help promote all the cool things you've found outside the walled garden of plastic plants.
Build a website for someone, teach them html for 20 minutes and set up a domain, hosting and an ftp client for them. They can always call you if they get stuck.