Finding “The Internet” Toxic and Depressing? Consider Leaving Your Walled Garden
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They post stuff I'm likely to be interested in. Some of it is groups specifically designed to list light but interesting crap. I could go out and search for such things myself, but they provide sufficient entertainment.
A lot of people want their social media to be toxic and depressing. I assume they're getting what they want. The problem is that they go out and spread that toxicity to others. I can't help what they do out in The World, but I can ensure that they don't spread it to me online.
HN is the only site where I regularly meet toxic people, and I wish it had a feature to hide them from my feed. I go only because it also regularly points me to sites I find interesting. If the former outweighs the latter, I'm gone.