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We don't need to ban "normies" from the internet, we just need to build a parallel web and put our content there. Stop caring about SEO and discoverability. Stop trying to build a brand. Share things you create. Link to things you like. That's it. And this parallel web exists. It's the original web. It didn't go away just because Google doesn't show it to you. It's still fun and full of creativity. Social media denizens have already chosen to voluntarily exclude themselves from it.

> We cannot tell all people below certain IQ to just stop using the internet

What, why not? It couldn't be that hard to trick them.

Blocking other users that (probably) did nothing wrong is always the first thing that comes to mind.

Do people with bigger IQ is more ethical, more friendly, more interesting, more liberal to different views?

Do people here is more ethical, more friendly, more interesting, more liberal to different views?

Start an ssh-only bbs.

I have considered something like that in the past. The problem is that you can't stop someone else from making a web frontend (with ads on it, of course) and now you're back to were you started.

Fairly straightforward to block such shenanigans.

I think Tor has done an amazing job at keeping those away who don't want to put effort into niche web-surfing, and those easily scared and/or duped into not discovering less-charted territories. Not to mention, it costs a LOT of money to mirror clearweb material on the deep web - and it's a grueling process. I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet was re-wilded in the context of Onion routing and Tor relays.

>We cannot tell all people below certain IQ to just stop using the internet

Not directly, but we can ban children from the internet (or at least force them into read-only mode) via some legally enforced anonymized federal ID system.

I'd accept the privacy risks associated with that in order to fix the internet.

I regret to inform you that IQ is not a function of age, and that you have forfeited your right to post.

Please enjoy the read-only experience here until you grow up.

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