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[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 4 points 2 hours ago

It was all about "fun" in the days of MySpace and Digg and early-Reddit. That damn cat wanted a damn cheeseburger and we all laughed about it.

Then it became all about politics. And people would go to any lengths to ensure that "their" politics "won" on social media. We went from people having fleets of alt accounts, to fleets of bots, to just having AI spread and upvote propaganda.

So, it's all just gross now. I want my goddamn Geocities & Yahoo! Towers back.