Internet's Negative Impact
The cluster discusses how the modern internet has become toxic, addictive, and a net negative due to mass adoption, social media, and algorithmic feeds, contrasting it with a nostalgically better pre-mainstream era and advocating for reduced usage or avoidance.
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The internet is currently quite useful, it could stand to be a lot less so. Don’t let your cynicism blind you to the fact that we do have a lot to lose.
The Internet used to be an escape from real life. Now real life is an escape from the Internet :)
This was mostly pre-internet days. Maybe the internet is just making everything worse.
The Internet has changed the world and just ignoring it won't change it back. We won't be able to completely evade the tiresome phenomena you mention, either on the web or irl. I still have a faint hope we might be able to carve out a niche where we can use the web without falling prey to these things more than absolutely unavoidable. However, the masses have spoken and it seems glaringly obvious that they don't give a rodent's backside.
Agreed, I'm starting to think the Internet is becoming a net negative in people's lives. Maybe if everyone reverted to 2G speeds for a few basic tasks and we can leave SocialMedia/Games/Video behind.
"[A] world without internet" != "A world where everyone else still uses the internet constantly but I don't"
When you step away from the internet things are much better. Internet is a toxic place.
This is such a sad commentary on what the Internet has become.
What if they gave the Internet and it wasn't addictive?
In this era, I am no longer convinced that the internet is such a good thing.