How has the modern internet changed you?

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by sdp

The internet community has changed, and not for the better. We now have the knowledge of the world in our hands, the problem is most people didn't earn that right.

There is nothing to earn. Like there is nothing to earn about mail, phones, TVs, radio.

Internet has changed because as it has become widespread and accessible to more and more people, and as consequence it has started reflect not views and interests of small group of people, but became mirror of human civilization as a whole.

It's original purpose - to share information, is still there, but now it's just not only technical know-how, but human lives as a whole.

All this talk about "earning", sounds like, when gamer rants about some scrubs playing HIS games. Which is incredibly childish.