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Ty-Guy  ·  3455 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is the Internet a failed utopia?

Too many people are on the Internet for it to ever be utopia.

I'm sure in the very beginning, when the Internet was only used by intellectuals with a passion for computers, it was a pretty cool place. Now, it's just a reflection of society. I don't think people are stimulated for the better by the Internet very often; they're stimulated exactly how they want to be. They still have the power to block things, ignore things, and share whatever pops into their heads.

I completely recognize that I'm being cynical, but at least in America, we mostly use the Internet to: look at pictures of potential partners or friends on social media sites, Google answers to any quick questions we have, and to laugh at funny pictures of animals. That's not much of a utopia.