> It isn't any different than the trash on tv or in pulp novels, except that individual people have more power and freedom to create things. If you think differ

> It isn't any different than the trash on tv or in pulp novels, except that individual people have more power and freedom to create things. If you think differently then you're just looking at older mediums with rose-tinted glasses. What makes it different is a recommendation engine that is deliberately designed to maximize the amount of viewing time and has no moral compass about doing so. When a kid finishes reading Ranger Rick magazine, nothing prompts them to read anything else except their own interests and the pile of books their parents have purposefully made available to them. You don't have strangers popping in the window, tempting them to read something nasty, and if you do, you get that person arrested.