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Am I the only one who thinks social media has destroyed the spirit of the internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by RealCalliopa@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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The emergence of social media has destroyed all the small communities to standardize communication and information.

It's a bit of a digital version of rural exodus. And since 2017/2018, I've noticed that everything that, in my opinion, represented the internet has disappeared.

I've known Lemmy for a few hours and I feel like I'm back in the early spirit of the internet.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world -3 points 16 hours ago (12 children)

You really think you're the first one, much less the only one, to say that? Really?

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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 0 points 18 hours ago

We have the technology--we can rebuild it

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

I fucking hate anyone on the internet who starts with "am I the only one..." Its so tired, lazy, lacks creativity, and has a touch of narcissism or inability to be self-aware.

But this!

Holy shit. For anyone to truly think they are the only ones to have considered social media to be such a bad thing with 7-8 billion of us and social media for 20 fucking years.

Absolute garbage. Get a mirror and do some reflection OP. Holy fucking shit.

And for the record.... NOBODY is the only one for anything. Pick a different I tro for once. Holy god damned shit.

I can only hope some twatwaffle responds to me merely saying "This."

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