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I miss not having the expectation of every social media being so heavily moderated and sterile.
The old internet was like walking down a busy city street. You might walk by someone doing something absolutely batshit crazy, but you just think "Weird. Moving on." and go about your day because getting emotionally invested would be dumb. The new internet feels like a workplace where people want to run to HR to report anyone who acts out so that they'll get what's coming to them.
It's not all bad, but I miss the sort of "wild west" feeling where nothing on the internet mattered because it wasn't real life.
The new internet feels like a workplace where people want to run to HR to report anyone who acts out so that they'll get what's coming to them.
This. Probably the most thing I hate about today's internet, bunch of over-protected snowflakes who get offended by anything.
And what's worse is how that's spilled into everyday life. Movies like Blazing Saddles and Revenge of the Nerds would get obliterated if they were released today. Everyone's immediate reaction to something they find unseasonable is to go absolutely nuts and cancel it instead of "huh, whatever."
I still think we need to take most of the safety signs down and let darwinism take its course.
It's not all bad, but I miss the sort of "wild west" feeling where nothing on the internet mattered because it wasn't real life.
Well.. We have lemmy and kbin now, without algorithms promoting stupid shit like in social media.
It's a weird feeling not being targeted with content and ads. I forgot what it was like.
I kinda miss the days of the internet being a bit of a gamble, where you might see cute puppies or someone shoving a Mason jar in their ass (back on the easier internet). Those days are gone, unfortunately.