I don't disagree but it's hard to say the internet hasn't changed. 15 years ago Digg didn't exist, Facebook wasn't even a concept, and no one ever used the term

I don't disagree but it's hard to say the internet hasn't changed. 15 years ago Digg didn't exist, Facebook wasn't even a concept, and no one ever used the term "social media." I wonder if the proxy interactions, things such as likes, karma and retweets, etc. have replaced the desire to get any approval from other people? Maybe we never really cared about the heartfelt appreciation from a person we didn't actually know, but it turned out the number of people we reached was always more interesting. You don't actually have to get to know or interact with other people; you can shout into the void and know someone else heard you from a couple numbers, and maybe we collectively decided that's all we really wanted. edit: I suppose I'm using "we" as "people" in this comment, also I didn't consider how old danneu might actually be; Maybe younger is 5 years ago.