Alright, the internet is just so convenient, but at the same time it's designed to funnel everyone into about five different web sites, then pummel them with ads. It's insidious.
I miss the old internet.
Go back, before social media, before upvotes and user generated content. When you wanted to use the internet, you had to have some manner of skill, a degree of tech literacy. If you wanted to put something on it, you needed even more skill. It was an entry exam: you must be this tall to ride, and the content and discourse showed it.
Perhaps I've become a snob, but when you look at the level of discourse online you quickly see that perhaps not everyone should have their voice amplified.
Perhaps I'm just nostalgic. Honestly sometimes I find myself chasing that high from my early days, when I went from a small town outside a swamp in upstate New York, and found the entire world on my desk.
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