What do you think will be the future of the internet? 1) Will forums and imageboards disappear completely and only social networks will exist?2) Will porn be more restricted than it is now?3) Will you need personal ID to use most popular websites?4) Will downloads of movies, tv series, etc. still exist?The forums that I still visit are always talking about how much they have left, that the forum is going to close soon because there are less and less users or the quality of the users is decreasing. Imageboards I think will last a little more but if you think about it apart from 4chan there is no other imageboard with enough users.Porn I think will always be available because it's a very big business and people won't accept a government banning it or something similar. The personal ID thing I think won't be implemented either because not many people would give their personal ID to watch porn.And requiring personal ID for big social networks it's something that already exists but I think that it isn't mandatory on Facebook or similar websites. At least what I read is that if you do something suspicious then they will require the ID but it's not a requisite to create the account.And finally about downloads. I think they will try to make it more and more difficult so people subscribe to streaming services but I would like to see a government that bans it completely or puts high fines for people that do it. I think that party is not going to last too much in power. So I think it will still exist for a while but it will keep decreasing in activity.I would like to read your opinions about these subjects and about the future of the internet in general.
>>107897538Unless vpns go out I don't think they can ban downloading, if any thing it's seems there is more porn than ever.There is always a desire to do something with a degree of freedom so even if they do Id system or something, probably a counter to that will pop up where I can log to and it mangles IDs in some way so users could be anon.Community wise I really don't know, rn my thought is capped at gated communities, there would we gated communities for specific things and they'd spread old school style, ear to ear. Perhaps even 'whitelisted territory'
>>107897910What would happen if someday 4chan definitely closes? Just another imageboard is created or another existing one replaces it?
>>107897538>1) Will forums and imageboards disappear completely and only social networks will exist?no>2) Will porn be more restricted than it is now?only in shitholes like america but nobody gives a fuck about that third world shithole anymore>3) Will you need personal ID to use most popular websites?already happening but these are websites people aren't forced to use so if you're stupid enough to give them your ID then you are a spastic>4) Will downloads of movies, tv series, etc. still exist?100% yes.>>107898068>What would happen if someday 4chan definitely closes?4chan has lost a substantial amount of traffic since 2010 and is already on the brink of closing as its in millions of dollars of debt to american lawyers. 4chan can die today and replacement will arrive tomorrow and take its place, but using far better imageboard software not cobbled together by retarded monkeys that can't code.
>>107898759>its in millions of dollars of debt to american lawyersSource of that?
>>107897538It's unironically dying. Most of you are probably already bots.
The ID thing seems to get implemented in a lot of places, for social media or websites with "adult content". Impossible to label every site though. And some countries did for some reason not restrict reddit or 4chan. Not sure why since they're both known places with high traffic.
