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December 10, 2020
I don't know if it's me, people of the Internet or a combination of both, but I'm at the point where I really don't want to be hanging out on the Internet anymore.
It wasn't too long ago this year where I made a post about social media and how I prefer traditional forums over it. Then more recently I made a post about how I left a forum where I participated for 10 years. But now, I cruise a couple of forums, one where I do not post at all, but watch for anything interesting or newsworthy about the topic of the forum. I also have a few RSS feeds to a few /r/ Reddit forums with the sole purpose of watching for any news on a couple of music bands I enjoy.
Each day when I check in on these forums and feeds, reinforces my belief and feeling that the Internet is becoming more and more insufferable to look at, let alone participate in.
All I see on these places are people complaining about the most minute and mundane things, making them out to be some kind of crimes against humanity, in their own minds. The other types of comments I see are people, especially in my music band feeds, who just post the most stupid threads seeking acknowledgement for what they perceive as something new and original. The truth is, in every case I've seen, that what they have "discovered" has been around and known about for years. They often take the approach that they're on some other level above mere mortals because they listen to a certain band. It's exhausting to see day after day and it's a big turn off to someone like me who seeks just a little more substance and quality content or conversation out of my time spent online.
Each day that passes by I spent less and less time at places I used to get enjoyment out of. I was never big on Reddit to begin with and I had only created an account maybe a year ago, but have already deleted it.
Writing to my phlog and blog still makes me happy even though the probablilty of anyone reading them is small. I don't mind that at all; I'm not looking to be Internet famous and have others acknowledge me as some kind of brilliant visionary who sees things on a different plane that other humans.
I'm just one person among billions trying to be comfortable as I make my way through life.