I get the impression that you didn't get to see any of the good times in anonymous spaces, years ago. It's filled with lazy crap now, sure, but I think it could come back if feds and jannies could chill (they probably can't now). Some people still carry the cultural values that were hidden behind an abrasive front, and that gives me some hope in it.
What is another method to achieve it, though? Wiping the slate clean and restarting isn't a very convincing alternative.
I did. It was good while it lasted, but the internet is too easily accessible now. Part of the prestige back then was that there wasn't this nearly unanimous social pressure to be online during every waking hour. The general social degeneracy also hadn't set in yet. Boredom set in and began of cycle of deviance because a wealth of knowledge and educated discussions weren't interesting enough anymore. People are kept civil by the potential consequences of their actions. Those don't exist if everyone is given a platform to speak with no ties to who they actually are. This would work against those who would subvert our system before they've already seized it.
I get the impression that you didn't get to see any of the good times in anonymous spaces, years ago. It's filled with lazy crap now, sure, but I think it could come back if feds and jannies could chill (they probably can't now). Some people still carry the cultural values that were hidden behind an abrasive front, and that gives me some hope in it.
What is another method to achieve it, though? Wiping the slate clean and restarting isn't a very convincing alternative.
I did. It was good while it lasted, but the internet is too easily accessible now. Part of the prestige back then was that there wasn't this nearly unanimous social pressure to be online during every waking hour. The general social degeneracy also hadn't set in yet. Boredom set in and began of cycle of deviance because a wealth of knowledge and educated discussions weren't interesting enough anymore. People are kept civil by the potential consequences of their actions. Those don't exist if everyone is given a platform to speak with no ties to who they actually are. This would work against those who would subvert our system before they've already seized it.