• rigel
    +4

    Aww. :(

    Interesting read though. I hadn't heard of that before.

    The Internet is a bit of a big scary limitless place sometimes. I wonder what our lives would be like if the Internet hadn't become so mainstream; if it was just a kind of exclusive thing. I mean, you still get that feeling with smaller communities, but it's still intimidating at times. I wonder where we would have found opportunities to advance communication technologies if not for the explosive capabilities the Internet brought to the picture.

    • darkbum
      +2

      I agree, and I also think that the article's claim that the internet is harsher and less helpful is because of this. I've observed that smaller, "exclusive" (or, rather, more obscure) communities are friendlier environments. It also helps to .

      So no, I dont agree that the entire internet is a harsher and lonelier place than it was 10 years ago, but the mainstream sites have reached such massive populations that there can be no moderation.