Agreed. I think the anonymous nature of the internet dooms important or interesting conversations. I think what has happened is that people cannot filter their

Agreed. I think the anonymous nature of the internet dooms important or interesting conversations. I think what has happened is that people cannot filter their conversations by age anymore. This is pretty unique actually - I can’t think of any situation in real life where I’d engage seriously with a teenager. Perhaps family, or maybe if I was a teacher. And yet, any conversation online is guaranteed to have the full range of age groups. Just as a chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link, a conversation can only be as mature as it’s least mature participant. It’s not fair to say that all teenagers are immature, but they are all inexperienced. And what has happened is that online conversations tend to resemble high school gossip, rather than serious discussions of important topics.