The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now

(stephendiehl.com)

41 points | by ibobev 15 minutes ago

7 comments

  • operatingthetan 2 minutes ago
    My feeling is that the current state of the internet is just exposing how humans behave normally, the guardrails have just fallen away. Everyone is immune to shame, the threat of consequences etc. You see this in real life on the streets too.
  • sicktriple 0 minutes ago
    You could replace nearly every instance of "the Internet" in this article with "capitalism" and it would make perfect sense.
  • chasd00 2 minutes ago
    Heh “predatory cesspit”. Ironically, the internet is kind of returning to its roots in this respect.
  • tamimio 2 minutes ago
    What ruined the internet is monetized social media, regardless ad driven or direct monetization. Monetization will basically ruin anything meant to be fun, even a simple board game with friends and family, if it stopped being about spending quality time and having fun and now there’s a competition of how much will each make at the end, it won’t be fun, you will see tribalism, manipulation, cheating, and other shenanigans.
  • analog8374 5 minutes ago
    A billion hungry discorporate souls, roaming a vast non-space, looking to feed their hunger, looking to eat each other. Some call that hell.
  • carabiner 8 minutes ago
    Everything on the Internet is designed to enrage or sexually arouse you as quickly as possible, including this article.
  • catlover76 3 minutes ago
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