The Internet Has Lost Its Joy

I don't enjoy the Internet any more

A lifelong internet user reflects on how the web has changed from a space of thoughtful communities and new ideas to a sea of low-quality, attention-seeking content, now flooded with AI-generated slop. They compare the situation to the pale in Disco Elysium, which degrades information and expands until it envelops everything. Even longer-form platforms like Hacker News are overrun with LLM-written filler, and the author finds it increasingly hard to connect with coworkers who rely on AI for communication. The joy is gone, and they don't see a way back.