The Old Internet: "I'll try my best to say something funny!" The New Internet: "I'll try my best to say something hurtful!"

Why is this happening?

What's the worst movie in the history of Japanese cinema?

Is it not okay?

>>2
It's not okay!

At some point, everyone started playing a game of how to hurt others the most.

Sometimes there are people who still try to make us laugh though.

I think it's a decline in vocabulary.

It's because the method of gaining approval has become more superficial.
Malice spreads more easily than goodwill.

In a way, this is the result of research into the nature of approval seeking.
On the other hand, internet literacy and netiquette have become casualties.

>>7
Ah, it's easier to go viral by making people angry than by making them laugh.
What a terrible era.

AA artists have gone extinct.

>>11
There are really no more people who put in effort for free to create something funny.

>>15
Maybe because there are other services where personal effort can be monetized, so people put their effort there instead.

Everyone's become so depressed.

I think it's because the vocabulary of internet users has declined.
People take everything literally and can't respond in a witty way.

>>20
Is that vocabulary? Isn't it reading comprehension?

>>22
Maybe reading comprehension has also declined.

The world is in the depths of a recession, so it's somewhat understandable. It's all bad news.

Also, a lot of people think they're different.
In the past: "We're all like this."
Now: "You guys are like this."

>>25
A clear example is the "cheese cow" (Chīgyū) mockery.
It's ridiculous how people on anonymous boards, who are clearly "cheese cows" themselves, think they don't belong to that group and post about it every day.

You guys saying "boring"—stop that, will you?

Let's stop overusing template phrases.
It's boring and makes us dumber.

>>28
Nulpo.

>>29
Gah!

Also, the age demographic has gotten younger.

Compared to the past, people don't go along with the flow as much.

>>38
There's this idea that going along with things is uncool.
People are unnecessarily cynical.

>>44
Cynical people are just not fun.

In the past: "I'm a participant."
Now: "I'm a spectator (evaluator)."
That's the shift in stance, isn't it?

>>57
This is very funny.
14 out of 10.
Genius, no other word for it.

When you try too hard to think, malice seeps out. Just spill out spontaneous thoughts.

There's a tendency to think that hurting others is funny.

It feels like bullied kids trying to act tough behind the scenes.

>>63
That's it!
Do you realize that you're making malicious comments to hurt others?

>>64
No.

Are they unconsciously provoking?
This thread is about stopping hurtful comments, right?

>>66
Sorry.

These days, even memes are mostly about hurting people.
Like "cheese cow" or "adult child living with parents."

Where did the people who used to talk about Giko Cat, Mona, Yaru-O, VIP quality, and nukomoriti go?

"Go die!" and stuff like that.
There used to be a nuance of playful banter, like it was just a silly argument.

The barrier to entry for internet forums has lowered, which might be a factor.
It used to require some PC skills, but now you just swipe a touch screen.

>>74
So stop saying "swipe a touch screen."
This thread is about stopping hurtful comments, so why are you making hurtful comments?

>>76
Sorry.

>>78
It's okay.

Old forums were pretty hostile, like you'd get told to "go die" for the slightest mistake.

>>80
"Go die" doesn't feel as malicious.

You too.

>>83
Cute.

Maybe there's also a lack of camaraderie and respect.
We used to be comrades who went through the same small struggles of buying a PC, setting it up, and connecting to the internet.

>>86
Now it's just normal to be connected by text.

"Think it's a joke? Play along."
"Even if it's fake, if there's bait, bite."
Maybe there were these kinds of unspoken rules.

It's an era where anyone can easily access the internet.
Netiquette has become a thing of the past.