This post takes me back a few years into my late teens.

As a citizen of the digital age I had, since I can consciously remember myself, been always enamored with the vast, intricate revelations that had been consistently crawling their way into my personal browser.

This gave me the perception that anybody can show the world his own passion. Though the right definition of passion I would not be exposed to until much later on in my life, I believe this perception had not been incorrect.

It's just that the more people exposed to the internet as we know it, the more the actors of the economy invest in ways to centralize their approved communication channels (websites they control) and it's becoming harder for internet users unfamiliar with its scattered origin to reveal the hidden gems that made the internet so much more than just news aggregators, image boards, online commerce and porn.

However, I find some aspects of this mature and saturated internet to be remarkably awesome, namely: The Open-Source Software movement, as well as the Free Software movement are both thriving with an all-time-high-and-rising global popularity and products. More and more developers are able to spawn their ideas into life with the help of a dedicated community from all around the world.

But after birth, each idea has to stand on its own and have time and effort invested in it since this is a constantly changing world full of new ideas and therefore, is a survival-of-the-fittest style reality. Through my current perspective this is a lot like the incorporated world where businesses open and close each day and struggle is inevitable and requires vigilant dedication.

Excuse me if I'm drifting too far away but my take from my own revelations that have to do with this post is that it's extremely hard to succeed on your own when you compete against the entire mature internet and the only things that can still sometimes work at drawing attention to an individual on the internet is innovation and consistency.

Blog content producer? you gotta make sure your content is top-notch and that your targeted audience knows about your existence.

Software developer? you gotta show that your product/tool/service/etc. is truly useful for what it's meant to do and other people would find it valuable.

Music artist? you have to make something truly unique and hope to reach ears of people who appreciate it.

It's tough, but that's how it has to be and not everybody can eat the creamy pie that is mainstream internet value appreciation.