>>7934501Speaking as a zoomer, you have to understand something very poignant that most millenials don't really realize, which was that the internet went through sort of a quiet revolution right around 2013-15 thanks to the invention of the smartphone.
Pre-2015 or so, most people who had access to the internet were geeky dudes who spent lots of time on the computer to the point that the internet became their standard hangout. So the internet used to be almost exclusively made of up of nerdy, high IQ guys who know a lot about computers and are probably interested in topics relating to them, and are on the internet because they want to be rather than just because they can be.
Now, everyone has access to the internet, which means social media companies are appealing to the lowest common denominator. Gone are the days of joyful hobbyists spending time online because that's where the content they're interested in is, and here are the days of soulless NPCs ceaselessly haranguing you about stupid bullshit on Twitter or whatever.
