(Also my deeper answer, not very detailed tho because it's 5am here and I woke wayyy too early again 🥲)

I do feel this is less tied to the Internet and more into what capitalism has done to our societies.

As you rightly point out: it's not about coming back to some mythical golden age Internet

September 01, 2025 - 03:45 UTC

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But you're right that it has degraded over the past decades, and even more rapidly in just the past few years.

It is my belief (but therefore I totally can be absolutely wrong, it's a belief!!!) that as Internet intertwined more with real life, it also became more susceptible to IRL culture/stuff
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And so, while some people have theorized how Internet has invaded/contaminated real life, I'd posit the reverse it's true also actually!!!!

Platforms and our current web didn't came out of nowhere, but from a specific branch of capitalism evolving and being (I feel) at the heart of our issues.
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