10 or 15 years ago, you'd click on a political link on Slashdot, early reddit/digg or whatever and the top comment would usually be pulling apart all the oversi

10 or 15 years ago, you'd click on a political link on Slashdot, early reddit/digg or whatever and the top comment would usually be pulling apart all the oversights and bullshit in excruciating detail. It was good, the internet was a 'cold medium' in Marshal McLuhan terms. If the internet of that time replaced the 'hot medium' of television, things could only get better I thought. I was a fool! I never conceived that outrageous bullshit like antivax or God Emporer memes could get so much traction.