> The internet’s shift toward tribal, memetic behavior I don't actually see the internet as very tribal at all compared to meatspace; in fact, I see it as one

> The internet’s shift toward tribal, memetic behavior I don't actually see the internet as very tribal at all compared to meatspace; in fact, I see it as one of the, if not the most, anti-tribalist force to have ever existed as a force in the general population. I just think it's hard to see sometimes through all the discourse about how many parts of the internet are built to manipulate us, and how starkly obvious and disturbing mob mentality is when you see it on a daily basis. But that's not, and never was, the majority of the behavior and interactions you're bound to run into unless what you like is fighting with people on social media. But even I, a bastard as cynical as anyone, can see how we managed and continue to manage to form relationships across nominally tribal boundaries in spite of not making anyone money. Of course the internet is memetic; but then again, so is all human culture I've ever witnessed. I think that's a neutral thing at worst.