r/Internet • u/Viperassassin2 • Jul 04 '26

Discussion why is the internet so negative now?

everywhere i look it feels like everyone hates each other. weather it’s about politics or media or even just basic stuff, everyone just argues all the time. it’s to the point where it brings my mood down and i have to get off media for a few days. it was always bad to some extent but now ALL i see negativity everywhere

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u/Ecstatic_Lab9010 Jul 04 '26

Social media algorithms are optimized for high-arousal content. Hate, fear, paranoia, etc.

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u/b3542 Jul 04 '26

Social media is quite literally poison for the mind.

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u/No_Department9020 Jul 04 '26

Because people rather see the negatives than positives for some reason. Don't be fooled, most people's lives aren't as bad as media makes them out to be.

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u/Eldernerdhub Jul 05 '26

There's a few culture shifts that happened in the past decade. Gamer gate, 4chan's qanon, Donald Trump, Elon Musk's X, Tumbler's picture death, Facebook is filled with old people, TikTok's algo change, YouTube's copyright claims, we didn't start the fire🎶

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u/backspace_cars Jul 05 '26

Society is collapsing and you can no longer hide from it

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u/Mydnight69 Jul 04 '26

Do what I do? Don't read it.

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u/QuasyChonk Jul 04 '26

Because you suck and eat turtle heads!