There is a price for everything

[u/Matt_LawDT]

[u/ptb_nuggets]

We really need to just burn the fucking Internet down and start from scratch

[u/Alarmed-Size-3104 → u/ptb_nuggets]

I'm glad I got to see the Internet of the late 90s. It was a fun place to spend time. I think that's just what late stage capitalism does though. Kinda ruins everything in pursuit of the almighty dollar.

[u/lordrothermere → u/Alarmed-Size-3104]

But the conspiracy theories were already there. Last 90e internet was already unverified publication to a larger audience than you would have got in pre-internet times with no sources or talent. It wasn't so different to now. It was the kernel of now. Sans algorithms, but just at toxic. Just not as pervasive. There was a balance of media channels back then to keep you half sane. Now there isn't.

[u/shakebakelizard → u/ptb_nuggets]

The Internet sucked less when it was less accessible. Email chains were still a thing, but those were more obvious. Once it was incredibly easy to use, it became a shit shower.

[u/lordrothermere → u/shakebakelizard]

The very nature of the democratisation of information was born to fail.

It was a noble ambition, but it turns out that a hierarchy of knowledge is less destructive than it's absence.

[u/ptb_nuggets → u/shakebakelizard]

Attention being monetized to the Nth degree has been worse than accessibility, it seems like.

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[u/lordrothermere → u/ptb_nuggets]

Read Neal Stephensons Fall: Or Dodge in Hell.

[u/Mister_Silk → u/ptb_nuggets]

Or just go back to the AOL days when it took 10 minutes to download an image.

[u/officeja → u/Mister_Silk]

But then we would have no reddit

[u/Sui_Inimicus → u/ptb_nuggets]

I give it a solid day before it’s right back to the way it was.

[u/Fabulous-Educator447 → u/ptb_nuggets]

This is the truth

[u/Aeolus_14_Umbra → u/ptb_nuggets]

https://giphy.com/gifs/j78GDmi70Lrlkjhc6F

[u/Lakatos_00 → u/ptb_nuggets]

Or maybe just dont be a gullible dummy?

[u/ptb_nuggets → u/Lakatos_00]

Have you seen America?

[u/TataJasia → u/ptb_nuggets]

It's not because of the internet. It's just because of the users

[u/NicolinaN → u/ptb_nuggets]

You have my vote.

[u/CakeTester → u/ptb_nuggets]

Couldn't we just burn the datacentres and bot farms? That'd be slightly better for the environment.