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<blockquote data-quote="Jonkerball" data-source="post: 88561" data-attributes="member: 697">If I had to guess, the internet has buried true social interaction under three pillars of virtue: sincerity, creativity and consistency.Without consistency, it&#039;ll flicker like a broken bulb.Without sincerity, it&#039;ll be buried under layers of irony.Without creativity, it&#039;ll be bland as water.However, mainstream internet actively incentivizes the complete opposite of these virtues, contorting them for its own gain:-Consistency twists into a treadmill, as the moment connection becomes an obligation to feed, the bulb just burns out.-Sincerity becomes a sore spot, as the younger generation sees earnest vulnerability as weakness, cynicism becomes an armor that protects one of such &quot;weakness&quot; while suffocating them from the inside.-Creativity flattens into templates, as true novelty requires the risk of being misunderstood and opposing the norm, the algorithm instead rewards recognizable formats and punishes nonconformity.If you erase them away, what passes for social interaction is just performance for wanting to belong, disguised as wanting to be yourself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jonkerball, post: 88561, member: 697"] If I had to guess, the internet has buried true social interaction under three pillars of virtue: [B]sincerity[/B], [B]creativity [/B]and [B]consistency[/B]. Without consistency, it'll [I]flicker like a broken bulb[/I]. Without sincerity, it'll be [I]buried under layers of irony[/I]. Without creativity, it'll be [I]bland as water[/I]. However, mainstream internet actively incentivizes the complete opposite of these virtues, contorting them for its own gain: -Consistency twists into a treadmill, as the moment connection becomes an obligation to feed, the bulb just [B]burns out[/B]. -Sincerity becomes a sore spot, as the younger generation sees earnest vulnerability as weakness, [B]cynicism[/B] becomes an armor that protects one of such "weakness" while suffocating them from the inside. -Creativity flattens into templates, as true novelty requires the risk of being misunderstood and opposing the norm, the algorithm instead rewards recognizable formats and [B]punishes nonconformity[/B]. If you erase them away, what passes for social interaction is just performance for wanting to belong, disguised as wanting to be yourself. [/QUOTE]

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