The internet stopped being fun a long time before this author started using it.  He talks about the "good old days of social media when Twitter and Instagram were lively" etc.  By the time social media hit the net, it was already long past the days it was really fun, with bulletin boards and blogs and groups of like minded folks who could chat without being censored or being trolled by cointel disruptors or just bombarded by pop up ads. Remember the REAL good old days, when the internet was the Wild West, when you really could post anonymously and where every news source didn't have a paywall?

Not only has the internet become un-fun, it has morphed into a social control and propaganda weapon exponentially more powerful than TV ever was, and where any idea that doesn't conform to the status quo is instantly surpressed and disappeared as quickly as it gets published.

Maybe the Dark Web is better.  I've never been there nor even do I have a clue as to how to access it, but the www is about as useful for exchanging information  TPTB want to surpress as a toothbrush is for paintig your house.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-the-internet-isnt-fun-anymore

Why the Internet Isn't Fun Anymore

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