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In elaborate terms: you have the ability to change any one of the protocols, specifications, designs or standards of the above at their proposal stage or before their mass adoption. You may choose to modify or reject an existing one or create one by yourself.

Some users and I would have common ideas in mind, however I would love to see some esoteric ideas as well.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

IDK how I'd do it, but I'd absolutely try to find a way to ensure Amiga wins out compared to windows worldwide.

Either that, or, if legal, making a very vague patent/trademark/whatever on things like tracking pixels/cookies and implementing them on a dummy site for a "totally not a patent/trademark/whatever hold" type site to at least ensure privacy is at least a little better for the average person not using chrome, edge, Firefox, etcetera.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'd make the internet automatically fact check everything

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[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

European computer builders joining MSX and expanding it to 16 and 32 bits.

[–] JBPinkle@bookwyr.me 2 points 3 days ago

In the context of changing the course of things early on, I'd make everyone post under their real name in any context. To be clear, I DO NOT support that today. The cat's already out of the bag and pseudonymous communities are the norm now, I don't think we can unscramble that egg.

But if somehow, from day one, you needed to attach your own name to everything posted online, I feel like we'd have ended up with a less toxic internet than we have in many places today.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Making email free was a mistake. Makes sense to encourage early adoption but long term it's been a no-lose proposition for spammers, phishing, and general aggressive marketing.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'd argue the opposite. We need more things to be free and standardized. There is no universal way to send a file, store a file, send a text or picture message for example. Email, with a basic design that's over 40 years old has had to fulfill all of that itself, and does so reasonable well, all things considered.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~They say, on a free email-like service.~~

TBF Lemmy might develop a spam problem yet, so that's a little unfair. It really has to be per-message microtransactions to make a difference, though.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Publish Piefed before Lemmy ever existed to minimize the tankie influence

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm pretty sure this part of Lemmy has already outgrown that part, though. Probably, "weird conspiracy people started Lemmy" will just be a fun history fact one day.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No urls only the IP address and no hyperlinks.

Cookies and browser fingerprinting illegal.

Archival of all web pages. (Some exceptions such as takedown of CP or revenge porn).

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's the point of no hyperlinks? Now you just copy-paste the address into your browser instead

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Just because lol

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a hybrid BBC / Commodore 8-bit computer I'd like to have seen, for sure.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

I'm interested in what you're thinking with this.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Make it harder. Remove the gui. Require UNIX knowledge. Command line only.

Keep the mouth breathers out.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A very anti-"Eternal September" sentiment.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Think of all the AOL discs eliminated! 😉

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago

Given the ability, I'd get rid of the Internet completely.

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