re: #321 JordanRules

Where are the things that came after all the old tech you mentioned and before the social media?
Websites, chatrooms, blogs, email blasts and newsletters etc had the same reach.

I was using instant messager to communicate with people in middle school and that was the late 90’s/early 00’s. We have to realize that new technology always will inevitably be abused. It’s always been this way unfortunately. The problem with the tech and platforms isn’t the platforms themselves but how they’re used. Up and coming bands use YouTube with success for the same reason InfoWars does, old friends and family are able to stay connected for the same reason that the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was organized, etc. The tech and platforms are here and they’re not leaving. And here we are at various corners of the globe discussing this. I think that’s a good thing. It sucks that it can be abused but that’s always been true.