By skyforbes We've squandered the greatest invention in information since the printing press. There used to be genuine value on the internet – a place where you could seek information and opinions and engage in occasionally-worthwhile discussion with strangers. Now it's a joke.
The 2025 internet is nothing but arguing. Social media is pure arguing. "Content" tends to devolve into arguments. Arguing has become the national pasttime. If you choose to enter the fray, you very well might be arguing with a bot.
Nothing of value is written in text anymore. Can't monetize that. Everything is video. Something as simple as a recipe is buried under 5 pages of meaningless story, pictures, videos, pop ups. A 30-second video comes with 2 minutes of advertising before you can view it. I can't even fathom using the internet without a good ad blocker.
Misinformation runs rampant. GenAI means everything has to be carefully examined.
There is nothing new of value on the internet anymore. The greatest invention of my lifetime. I'm genuinely saddened to see how badly we've collectively fumbled this.