>>107926554>Almost like fixing happiness by arresting those who are unhappy.Almost, but not at all. You can't fix the problem of people cloistering into online communities, there is no solution, but it will continue to be a factor more available to more weirdos like us who aren't blessed with stable support systems and mental health.
Before the internet, people had to interact and be a part of a tangible community. The sidewalk was somewhere you could go to see and be seen by the people more closely impacting your life. Now with the internet we can live in the same house with the people we live the most and interact with them less, breaking off into microcultures within the same household, isolating further, in a sense, but also gaining meaningful insight about the people you love: You are capable of loving people you disagree with, people different than you.
Or maybe you break off from them too and become lonelier despite being only feet away from people.
