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< Death of the Internet (or not?)
True, the Internet probably was *dead* a while ago but then again, Facebook at its launch more complimented the scene vs. "killed" the scene (since forums were still at its peak popularity).
Though I was born and raised in America, I sometimes went on Korean websites as a kid (like Naver, for example), so I can imagine the social problems that came from these hate communities. I'm not super familiar with this particular phenomenon in Korea but I think this is a general problem that happened because social media made the Internet become a lot "smaller." It's why, for example, the red pill community in the US has grown so much, allowing people to congregate on different platforms, sometimes manifesting into full-blown hate crimes.
I want to agree with you that it's alive but it's hard since social media itself is isolating (how often do we talk to strangers on it). And there appears to be no sign of moving past the current platforms that we have right now to communicate, so we're stuck looking at endless feeds full of ads. Even Discord, as great as it is, feels "separate" from the Internet because you can't index it, which means we can't archive useful info.
But I do agree that these communities' lifespans are so short + we need a new form of communication. It's hard to imagine how that will happen, but hopefully, we can find something more meaningful than what we're currently given. After all, the Internet was built to communicate and share information!
Your English is fine - you write as well as I do (lol).