Disliking certain online discussions so much!

[Citizen Insane]

Bit of a crosspost from my personal SF diary, written text on paper heheh, but... My god - so much of the internet is dead -. Mentioned that briefly in here too... but I don't want to visit that "Dead Internet Theory" rabbit hole too much.

Discussions online, like Reddit, Discord too... Is this really the foundation of what we're building towards? It's just getting worse over time, somehow. Is there any progression to be made?

Before writing I briefly read a news article on people on welfare in the Netherlands and it had a comment section ~ ... I know, won't be making this mistake again. It was so awful, just how do people do those "drive-by shit posts" anyway?
Is that their daily quota for the dopamine they require?

Felt better after writing and sharing this at least.

I love this community at least! =) It changed my life and it affected my behaviour in all the positive ways!

 

[Luthien Tinuviel]

i agree. i still love forums like this one because it seems like healthier communication.
i commented a youtube video and it seemed like someone was purposely disagreeing with me ? or something? and there are lots of things tha tmake me uncomfortable online now.

 

[Citizen Insane]

i agree. i still love forums like this one because it seems like healthier communication.
i commented a youtube video and it seemed like someone was purposely disagreeing with me ? or something? and there are lots of things tha tmake me uncomfortable online now.

Thank you, Luth!
And yea, especially on the bigger platforms (like Youtube) - it could feel like people who make negative comments want to stand out a bit too much or apply some sort of control of a situation. There's no consequence to any of it... or IRL implications - nor is it needed, most people have a way of (self) justifying why they type in something.

So much communication online has felt like this since I started browsing at a young age. Then again, world's kinda fucked up - people tend to be too, given their environment - the things we have to filter/ignore/avoid just to find that one event/moment/thing. It can be too much, I saw my filter break earlier today.

I suppose it's about finding communities and building it from there ~ I kinda feel weird about how temporary everything is at times and yet so consistent.

 

[KM76710]

i agree. i still love forums like this one because it seems like healthier communication.
i commented a youtube video and it seemed like someone was purposely disagreeing with me ? or something? and there are lots of things tha tmake me uncomfortable online now.

I agree with that. It is healthier, people here are anonymous but you get a feel from interacting with the person and can identify much that may be the same for yourself. You learn each other as a person on the forum and not just some random name.

 

[Brân]

omg your handwriting is gorgeous