So glad you see it the same way! Definitely a better signal-to-noise ratio. It's so relieving to not feel like every single post is going to make people lose their shit in the comments, debating over who has the better opinion and who's better informed. I think it's pushed us in the complete opposite direction of progress. It's not making life better for anyone, of any demographic, just putting more emphasis on the most controversial takes that wouldn't have even had a voice in a prior version of the internet... just to get dismissed as trolls.

I remember a time when even the time "internet troll" didn't equate to completely verbally beating someone into submission, alignment with hate groups or threats of hate crimes, but was just some rando asshole on the internet that you might have to deal with once or twice a day, if you'd even come across one at all in a given week. Now, with social engineering protocols that loveeee conflict because it means higher engagement, the worst people get the loudest voices, and have the power to make more people align with them. It's turned everyone into a cyberbully.

Just so done with these times of teetering towards the edge of oblivion.