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Reflections on how the internet has changed

Original: Oh, the internet. Once a brilliant concept of bringing real people and communities together online. And yes, it still is

Users are reflecting on how the internet, once celebrated as a tool for connecting real people and communities, has changed. While it still brings people together, many describe it as increasingly dominated by trolls, AI-generated content, chatbots, scams, spam and unwanted explicit material, with genuine human interaction harder to find.

Why now: Growing frustration with AI-generated content, spam and scams crowding out authentic human communities online.

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• Oh, the internet. Once a brilliant concept of bringing real people and communities together online. And yes, it still is. But what it also is now is a place full of trolls, AI slop, AI chatbots (and the occasional human) spreading scams and spam, or trying to show me nude… · amalia12 · 1

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