I used to think that was a bad thing, I'm starting to think maybe I've just been pushing aside the reality that when the internet was good, it wasn't as popular.

[–] Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago

Not popular- commercial. The early internet had effectively no profit motive. As it aged there was a modicum of balance between use and profit - a good site drives customers. Now there are a preponderance of sites which exist only to scrape pennies off advertisers and have no useful content except that which is required to garner a click from a search engine in hopes you will accidentally create an advertising impression.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I’m starting to think maybe I’ve just been pushing aside the reality that when the internet was good, it wasn’t as popular

nah you're just becoming older