I feel that internet discussions have turned for the worse over the last decade or so. There has always been plenty of trolls and weird conspiracy theories, but

I feel that internet discussions have turned for the worse over the last decade or so. There has always been plenty of trolls and weird conspiracy theories, but there used to be a sense that the truth wins out in the end. It was difficult to keep defending an obvious falsehood when faced with rational arguments. Some tried anyway, but they failed to convince others. Online discussions were never perfect of course, even reasonable people will often disagree about what is true. Now, it seems like people do not care if what they write is true or not, as long as it gets repeated and upvoted enough. There is no self-correction either. When something like pizzagate turns out to be complete nonsense, they people who spread it are not discouraged from doing the same thing again. In their eyes it was a very successful social media campaign.