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I quit that kind of internet years ago.

I was on Reddit to talk about Math, programming, books, etc. There are several subreddits from which I was helped. And I helped a lot of other people, too.

Quora had a refined userbase. I liked it there. Got ~30mn views on my answers.

In these places, I didn't have to dumb myself down and could be myself.

There are properly moderated FB groups in which I have made connections, and have a community.

On Discord, I am in so many valuable communities- where I can discuss things I like- be a part of something.

And I depend on YouTube for learning things about programming, deep learning, etc.

So, internet is worthless if you watch cat memes. But for me and millions others, it is a lifeline.

And it saddens me very much to see how deeply I depend on these.




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