I think you're spot on. As soon as social media went from this really cool place to connect with communities and people into a cesspool of partisan politics, o

I think you're spot on. As soon as social media went from this really cool place to connect with communities and people into a cesspool of partisan politics, overbearing ads and massive echo chambers and horrific abuse of people's private information - the sheen of the internet had worn off for me. Maybe I'm just being a pessimist and am only seeing the negative stuff, but it just feels overwhelmingly bad. this AI spam is just another nail in the coffin for me. I've already been pulling back from the internet for a while now, and nothing has given me any encouragement to engage any more than I absolutely have to at this point.