Feeling Lonely

Capitalism is part of it. Spending too much time on the internet and social media is a hell of a lot more of it.

Consider the destruction of OkCupid as an attack against its liberal-skewed user base.
https://lemmy.world/post/24108120

Quora’s enshittification has that vibe too.

Twitter.

Capitalism bastardised the internet to be like this. There was a communal web in the making.

https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

Yeah, but describing the problem as a problem of capitalism makes it sound inescapable and unfixable without a complete overhaul of society.

In reality you just need to get off social media and stop scrolling.

I don’t use social media (aside from lemmy). I can assure you that the problem is inescapable and unfixable without a complete overhaul of society.

The problem is capitalism.

Yes! I’m not crazy. All the liberal spaces have been slowly disappearing and it feels like they’re being taken over every time under the guise of capitalism. I’m not one to call a conspiracy, but…

I have no issues with human connection, but I am also subject to capitalism.

You don’t need a conspiracy when everybody’s working from the same playbook.