Did you read the whole article? After all this I noticed a reduction in critical thought, my ability to form my own opinion on topics, as I had a) stop

Did you read the whole article? After all this I noticed a reduction in critical thought, my ability to form my own opinion on topics, as I had a) stopped reading the damn links, b) would skim what I needed off of the most upvoted comment, c) would then take that comment as gospel.