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[–] GorGor@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have to admit, even while finding the crooked corners of the internet with rotten and CJ, I did hold onto the belief that access to information was going to lift the masses up out of ignorance. I knew about flamewars since the BBS days. I knew about trolls since rm -rf advice was given. I, in my naivete, seriously underestimated the effects of these phenomenon on society writ large.

[–] OsaErisXero@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago

As with many things, I think the point where it all started to go down hill was once facebook became a thing.