I don't like the internet nowadays.

[👁⁓Rteam⁓👁]

I mean it's always been toxic, but I feel like it was less toxic back then. I feel like the internet gotten more toxic ever since 2020. People are attacking eachother for no reason. Like people attack someone just because a person said something or done something even if the thing said/done is a good thing. I don't want to have to deal with being harassed, and getting hate to the point I get paranoid/scared/panicky/feel unsafe, and have to take a break from the internet. I just hope the internet gets better..

[Fuki]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Channel_191:

Początkowo opublikowane przez lol. lmao. rofl.:

It's been getting increasingly toxic year on year since about 1980, so I suggest you run while you still can. It is not a positive place outside of curated or moderated spaces. Or static websites, I guess. Those things are still mostly fine.

Well. Except here. And...
[long list of sites and apps]

...but other than those! Still mostly fine.

I'd argue most more strictly moderated sites are very toxic. Notoriously filled with circle-jerks and people with their head up their arse.

Yep. Reddit is one.
I like federation more, everyone wins

[Fuki]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Fuki:

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I'd argue most more strictly moderated sites are very toxic. Notoriously filled with circle-jerks and people with their head up their arse.

Yep. Reddit is one.
I like federation more, everyone wins

You can have the same social network as a free-speech site, and you can host that same social network as a echo-chamber and mute the free speech site.

[kingjames488]

people have ruined the internet...

if you don't like what's on the internet maybe just don't use it? you don't see me at your church group complaining >.>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XccUMOQ978

[Xero_Daxter]

Początkowo opublikowane przez kingjames488:

people have ruined the internet...

I use the internet for 4 things.

-Gaming
-Watching
-Memes
-Looking up useless information

[kbiz]

Two changes at the margin for me: 1.) Politics has invaded everything online. There are no safe havens anymore. 2.) An anti-narrative position can be censored.

[kingjames488]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez kingjames488:

people have ruined the internet...

I use the internet for 4 things.

-Gaming
-Watching
-Memes
-Looking up useless information

ya, but simon whistler has just been regurgitating the same "facts" for the past 2 decades on various channels more or less...

[Steve]

The interwebs were always toxic. That was never the problem. The problem is there's too many normies using it since the iPhone came out and as a result our retarded political "leaders" started to notice it.

[Chaosolous]

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I use the internet for 4 things.

-Gaming
-Watching
-Memes
-Looking up useless information

ya, but simon whistler has just been regurgitating the same "facts" for the past 2 decades on various channels more or less...

Hey you leave Fact Boi out of this!

[Fuki]

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The interwebs were always toxic. That was never the problem. The problem is there's too many normies using it since the iPhone came out and as a result our retarded political "leaders" started to notice it.

The interwebs is a different kind of toxic now. It's toxic as in you'll be cancelled for breathing the wrong way.
Oh yeah, and normies ruined teh interwebs.

[miakisfan]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez 🌹⁓Rteam⁓🌹:

I mean it's always been toxic, but I feel like it was less toxic back then. I feel like the internet gotten more toxic ever since 2020. People are attacking eachother for no reason. Like people attack someone just because a person said something or done something even if the thing said/done is a good thing. I don't want to have to deal with being harassed, and getting hate to the point I get paranoid/scared/panicky/feel unsafe, and have to take a break from the internet. I just hope the internet gets better..

Like any other social setting, it's all about the company you keep.

If you spend most of your time playing games with people who are significantly younger than yourself, and post on their forums, then you're likely to get lots of immature trolls.

If you look at serious forums about other topics with older people, you'll find better company.

I disagree with that assessment. It doesn't matter how old the person is ... it has to do with their beliefs and their ability to take another person into consideration when they talk.

I admit a lot of younger people aren't being taught how to treat other people with respect, but that could be said about some older people too.

You are on OT right now OP. If you are expecting a place where almost anything goes (within reason, of course) you are in the wrong place. Get yourself some thick skin or get out of the fire now.

Don't expect people to be changing their behavior for you alone. I expect to see a lot of laughter if you think that is realistic.

[Xero_Daxter]

Fun fact but I actually like 98 percent of everyone here. And that’s saying a freaking lot.

[Fuki]

Początkowo opublikowane przez miakisfan:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Duck Twacy:

Like any other social setting, it's all about the company you keep.

If you spend most of your time playing games with people who are significantly younger than yourself, and post on their forums, then you're likely to get lots of immature trolls.

If you look at serious forums about other topics with older people, you'll find better company.

I disagree with that assessment. It doesn't matter how old the person is ... it has to do with their beliefs and their ability to take another person into consideration when they talk.

I admit a lot of younger people aren't being taught how to treat other people with respect, but that could be said about some older people too.

You are on OT right now OP. If you are expecting a place where almost anything goes (within reason, of course) you are in the wrong place. Get yourself some thick skin or get out of the fire now.

Don't expect people to be changing their behavior for you alone. I expect to see a lot of laughter if you think that is realistic.

Początkowo opublikowane przez Xero_Daxter:

Fun fact but I actually like 98 percent of everyone here. And that’s saying a freaking lot.

It's admittedly refreshing from other discussion sites

[kingjames488]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Chaosolous:

Początkowo opublikowane przez kingjames488:

ya, but simon whistler has just been regurgitating the same "facts" for the past 2 decades on various channels more or less...

Hey you leave Fact Boi out of this!

allegedly :S

[90054321564584560]

it wont as tech has been more accessible more than ever. teens now dont have to wait till they are out of school in order to log in to their accounts and start talking cringes like they used to.

[Neo]

It's way better when you start cutting ties between your real identity and your online one to the point you're truly anonymous. Then, who cares if you're attacked, just have fun and if things get bad just nuke your internet mask and make a new one!