• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I miss not being exposed to every low IQ chode’s trashcan opinions on social media. And I really miss not watching those low IQ chode’s trashcan opinions influencing large numbers of other low IQ chodes into doing things like making a felon rapist pedophile our leader.

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      I too miss the day when the internet was for geeks and nerds, (and anyone who wasn’t never left MySpace). Now everyone is online, and the novelty has been ruined. Not to mention how much more centralized the internet is now, compared to 20-30 years ago. Everyone visits the same five websites/apps now.

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        20 hours ago

        The barrier to entry was real, I had to figure out how to write a dialup script for my first PC to connect to the internet I purchased from the local high school. I didn’t go there, that was just the only place in town with enough internet to resell.

        It’s good that everyone has access to information now. The impact it’s had on visual arts and music really can’t be overstated, it allows artists to reach their fans directly which is incredible. But it was a different place when everyones grandma wasn’t reading Breitbart and repeating it on social media.

        I agree the centralization of everyone on a handful of sites is an issue, it makes it too easy to manipulate and rig. I feel like social media was an incredible mistake but I don’t know if we’ll ever be able to put that genie back in the bottle.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      21 hours ago

      I miss not being exposed to every low IQ chode’s trashcan opinions on social media

      That’s on you. Social media is not a necessity, it’s actually pretty simple to avoid.

      not watching those low IQ chode’s trashcan opinions influencing large numbers of other low IQ chodes into doing things like making a felon rapist pedophile our leader.

      Thomas Jefferson, Grover Cleveland, and Bill Clinton predate social media.