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I'm on the internet because I can actually find others who share my intereste and have something to talk about. If the internet died, I'd be even lonlier.
Same
I can see that, however there's the flip side that a lot of people are more lonely because of the internet and getting sucked into extreme viewpoints. If you didnt have the internet, there wold be poster boards for groups etc to join. If youre not in a city, that would obviously be tougher.
That sounds like a nightmare.
When I was in college, there was some Internet, but nobody lived on it like we do now. There were also a variety of clubs at college. I think I might have shown up for one club gathering and noped the fuck out.
The Internet doesn't keep us in. We built the Internet because we never wanted to leave.
fediverse users tend to be more conscious about their internet usage, but I don't think this applies to the more popular social media sites that are built upon attention economy
The internet is how I found groups for my most niche interests. I already know that some of my favorite games do not have any kind of local scene near me, but at least I can still play online. Some of these games I have to travel out to tournaments to play in-person once or twice a year, and I know those events wouldn't exist without first building up an online community to organize from.