The internet depresses me. A tool of such amazing potential for people to communicate

[AZLD4Candidate]

over-run with nutjobs, scammers, spmmers, and inanity.

I never thought I'd live to see the day ACUTAL Americans would side with an enemy nations led by a brutal dictator over a democratic country that the brutal autocrat invaded for no reason.

It hurts just looking at things like that.

[marybourg]

1. We said the same thing about television many decades ago.

And it’s only gotten worse since then.

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. Every new technology always seems to race to the bottom in users

Radio had promise, now it's just corporate stooges on most FM and Nazi-like propaganda on AM
TV had promise, but then over-ego driven businessmen took it over and now it's all about the bottom line
Internet had promise, but now it's become a haven for bullies, nazis, and fascists to hide behind a phone or keyboard.

[marybourg]

6. Just so.

[Irish_Dem]

2. We have to understand that half of the US government are Putin puppets.

And a good chunk of Americans are also Putin puppets.

It is time to start calling them out.

[RKP5637]

7. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. The Outrage and Distortion Machines of the Internet were supposed to save the world...

not so much.

Unfortunately evil men control the levers, and so do what evil men do…make money off misery without regrets..

[RKP5637]

5. It is, both concerning and frightening ... and the multiplication factor of

crackpots getting an audience and multiplying. Some have suggested using AI to eliminate some of this. I think it "might" be a good idea ... implementation could be in just a few years, so I've read. I never dreamed it would become so disruptive to the potential for a well functioning society. That said, there are also a lot of very good things available.

[localroger]

8. It was noticeable even in the 1980's

...when the dominant mode of online communication was dial-in text-only bulletin board services (BBS's). On a couple of occasions I actually removed the modem from my computer to give myself a rest from it. That's no longer really practical though because of all the other things we use the Internet for (some with no other alternative).

[Bev54]

9. Actual Americans have chosen to want to live under an autocrat so I

am not surprised those same ones are on the side of the brutal dictator that was the boss of their golden moron.