What happened....
It use to be a wealth of information, and know all there is , is bickering. Now I wonder why I don't frequent phonescoop anymore.
Will
Personally I believe humanity has, more or less, always had the same range of idiots and geniuses.
I believe their is a wider selection of people on the internet (no longer just early adopters and nerds. God Bless Facebook for the masses). Larger selection brings the averages down.
Internet culture also breeds trolls and a type of forward honesty about personal opinions that isn't generally avaible face-to-face.
After all... anyone who says something you disagree with is stupid - generally speaking.
Look at politics for example. What used to be civil conversations... are now all out flame wars between people.
Look at the "wave" of perverts and criminals we see on TV....
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I would think the problem here is less intelligence... and more about this being a place to take out frustration.
When you can't call your boss an idiot...
Can't call your coworkers idiots...
can't call your customers idiots...
what do you?
Troll and/or call 95% of people online idiots.
Because their is *NO* way you are in that super-majority 🙄