I think it is reasonable, yes, but I don’t think it’s ever been reasonable to expect reasonableness on the internet. We have a difficult enough time showing each other decency.
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Then why even have this discussion in the first place? You weren’t expecting any reasonable responses to it, after all.
Do you only do stuff where you expect the outcome to be good?
Perhaps they did it for the off chance of a good response.
But then it'd be false that the internet is the wrong place. This person's account is from 2011, which shows they don't believe what they claim.
I think they are playing devil's advocate in the most irritating way. Good things, and good venues, are worth preserving against enshittification.
Let's not blandly accept this. Fight against it, even if it's a losing battle.
"It was always like this" is false, anyway.
> I think it is reasonable, yes, but I don’t think it’s ever been reasonable to expect reasonableness on the internet. We have a difficult enough time showing each other decency.
This is a disingenuous answer. You don't truly believe this. How do I know? Because you're having this conversation here and not with ChatGPT. So you do think the internet is reasonable enough to engage in this conversation.
Also, Sturgeon's Law applies. "The Internet" is as reasonable as humans are. Of course 90% of it is going to be garbage, but that's no reason to discard the other 10%.
I know you're playing devil's advocate. I wish people stopped doing this, and instead acknowledged human connection is worthwhile.