The internet was better when we were all anonymous. It felt like we could do anything, be anyone. The world was ours. Then social media came and destroyed that

The internet was better when we were all anonymous. It felt like we could do anything, be anyone. The world was ours. Then social media came and destroyed that dream. Consider the difference in mood between the idea of creating a metaverse in the 90s/00s to creating one now. One is the freeing experience of Second Life or Active Worlds and the other is that widely circulated image of a large crowd, all wearing GearVR headsets while Mark Zuckerberg strolls past[1]. [1] http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/22/16/3173A1BA00000578-0-image-a-4_1456157766857.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/22/16/3173A1BA0000057...