It’s easy, ask yourself, why join online communities? Is it worth it? [hint: its not] Like you say, it takes a significant toll on your mental health - it’s no

It’s easy, ask yourself, why join online communities? Is it worth it? [hint: its not] Like you say, it takes a significant toll on your mental health - it’s not worth it. People are absolutely feral online, nasty, thoughtless, disgusting. Why? Because the most people are truly incredibly unintelligent, racist, misogynistic, sheep. And the people that flock to online communities and voice themselves are usually the worst of the bunch. All the filters you’d get in real life disappear. Consider too that nowadays, most online platforms are gamed for power/money/advertising/views/politics and most platforms have political actors instilling propaganda. I haven’t had any form of online presence for the last 10 or so years. I only use hacker news. Even hacker news pisses me off with the constant posts about LLMs and AI. Online, you don’t even know who you’re talking to? It may appear you’re talking to a little old lady, but it may well be an IDF solider !