ELPiS - Small Web Zine

"Greetings to all who have shown interest in this new magazine. If you are reading these lines, you are exactly the ones who feel pain when looking at the modern internet. You are certainly those who want to change something; each of you does this in your own way, dreaming of a return to the internet where it felt cozy and warm, where information had weight and value.

Once upon a time, the internet was a space for exploration, not an endless scrolling feed. Web 1.0 was a time when pages loaded slowly, but each brought something important and unique. No one was competing for likes and reposts, and websites didn’t turn into data stores about users. We created pages because we wanted to share information, not because algorithms demanded our activity. That internet may have been imperfect, but it was real—it was a network for people, not for corporations.

Today, when social networks dictate the rules and search engines turn into advertising machines, the small web is a breath of fresh air. It’s a world where there is still room for small websites, independent authors, and those who want to speak, not shout. In the small web, you won’t encounter pop-ups or thousands of bot comments—just the silence in which you can hear the thoughts of others. It’s a place where the internet becomes cozy, warm, and free again.
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https://elpis.ws/cgi-bin/cms/zine_oct_24

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