The next big thing that people will make money with.

[DVTimes]

The next big thing that people will make money with.

This is a prediction I have.

The internet will die. It in many ways has. Governments around the world want to control it and introduced law after law and age verification and so on.

Porn sites are dying as models take over by doing such as only fans, but as new laws kick in, these sites will die.

Websites are dying as Google sends traffic to advertisers.

Basically the internet is sort of split into 3 sections.

A backend for phone apps. Most people I suspect no longer use websites snd now just use apps. As such the internet is basically a backend for the data.

YouTube and social media. But the problem they have is adverts todo not work very well. Unlike TV where people watched them, most people just skip the online adverts and they do not have the impact. Plus often they are cheap or ai junk. In time less and less firms will advertise. We will probably see such as YouTube and so on turn to membership options.

Business. Such as email. And sites to sell products. But these are being replaced by phone apps.

So what do I predict will be the next big thing?

It will probably be a offline net. Such as mesh systems.

For those who do not know. They have two main mesh types. These are offline methods to send text messages to others. They do this by sending the message to a near by device that then send the message on and on. Until it hits the person it is intended to.

These are very early stages. And the software is being updated all the time.

At the moment it’s just basic text. But I could see systems improving. Even if they are no more than a message board system.

It probably will take a few years before it becomes mainstream. But like the internet, those who get in early and find ways to use it, could be the ones who make the cash from it.

The advantage is that it is probably almost impossible for governments to control.

[CaptainHowdy]

Ok . . .

[TheLegacy]

It's predicated on users needs and wants in porn. If you find an amazing talent that goes beyond the restrictions of OF and reaches the masses then there are copy cat sites.

According to https://wayforward.archive.org/

your porn-viewing experience will go something like this: Instead of sweaty, naked bodies, you’ll be greeted by endless pop-ups that demand a string of verification documents, like driver’s licenses, birth certificates and voting records. Some sites — including social media across the board, not just porn — will even demand scans of your thumbprint and retina to proceed.

As Google is slowly banning kink words more than likely porn will be more vanilla than what we'd consider now - leaving AI powered to take over and specialized clips made just for the paying user. Spend in crypto etc. - tell the model what you like and accept the turned out product free from watchful government eye.

So - expect inside the members area a section or means in which to order your fantasy from whoever and like Amazon - receive it in a way that's unable to be traced.

People will always want porn - but as more restrictions come down to pipe especially to tube sites and the slow bitter hatred for the OF model of business - a new morphing may take place freeing up the "big brother" eye on your searches

[mechanicvirus]

The next big thing will be reading Industrial Society and Its Future after the power grid goes out.

[JayMoyes]

There's something we don't talk about, which happened about 1993.

I grew up with Commodore and Mac. Never had a PC, never had a modem. At 22, I was burned out, hitting bottom, and moving back in with my parents to become a bum.

A friend asked if I wanted to have his old IBM XT computer. It had a modem and I started calling into Bulletin Boards.

At that time, things were pretty set. A call to the next town was a "local toll call," and it was easy to rack up phone bills talking to friends across the SF Bay Area. Gas had more than doubled in price since high school.

I began to meet fellow slackers and Xrs. They were also broke and burned out, chatting on hand me down and used PCs. Most of us didn't even have windows. Everything was low budget/no budget.

My first e-mail address was with Inferno in Silicon Valley, and I soon got a Netcom account which cost about a day's pay.

We weren't planning a revolution, but we were building community on the cheap.

Within two years, mainstream picked up on it. Boomers started buying new PCs with internet service. You know the rest.

Look for community on the cheap.

[Huggles]

Originally Posted by JayMoyes

Look for community on the cheap.