How eBay became a harbinger of the Internet to come. [via The Guardian]
Internet
The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure
Ethan Zuckerman presents his vision for an internet built for public benefit, not for profit. [via Knight Institute]
2020 on the Internet, in Review
For New Year’s, Reddit produced this delightful montage of what happened on the site, and on the Internet, in 2020. [via reddit]
The Decentralized Web of Hate
As the decentralized web develops, we must prepare for its exploitation by neo-nazis. [via Emmi Bevensee]
The Internet’s Many Branches
On the history of the Top Level Domain. [via Tedium]
Le Internet Medley
A blast from the past. The roots of Internet culture. [via The GAG Quartet]
The MySpace Dragon Hoard
Internet Archive recovers trove of lost MySpace music. [via archive.org]
Remembering r/place
2 years ago to the day, a million people spontaneously sprouted an Internet masterpiece. [via This Exists]