I have been thinking about it and I think a big contributor to the internet being boring is the improvement made on the ranking of everything. I used to compla

I have been thinking about it and I think a big contributor to the internet being boring is the improvement made on the ranking of everything. I used to complain a lot about the "here are the top X" so-called blog posts. But when you want information about a topic that you don't know anything about and for which you have absolutely no will to invest time in they are all you need to know. Or take reddit. You want to learn about a topic. Go to its subreddit. Sort posts by top with timeframe = all time and after half an hour reading the top posts you know pretty much all you need to know about the topic (mundane topics obviously. Scientific topics excluded). I could go on and on. It becomes hard to find a hidden gem on the internet becomes gems are not hidden anymore but exposed.