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The internet is currently quite useful, it could stand to be a lot less so. Don’t let your cynicism blind you to the fact that we do have a lot to lose.

I don't see how those points are mutually exclusive tbh. Yes, internet is quite usefull. Yes, it is also a cesspool, absolutely.

I’m taking issue with the characterization that we have nothing to lose, which seems to be the implication of GP and the comments agreeing with them.

At least in my case, I didn't mean to dismiss the internet and that we have nothing to lose. There is some good information there, but it is important that we do not believe everything (or even most) that we read and see.

> The thing is, the internet is already a cesspool of meaningless, misleading and outright malicious information.

Let me just throw this trash overboard. What's the harm? It's not going to make the pacific garbage patch any bigger!

Exactly. The more people that realize that the internet(and other media) is filled to the brim with various kinds of BS, the better