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by raxxorrax 2095 days ago
Either that or SEO ruined the internet... (referencing the link that SEO also destroyed the internet)

In my opinion the internet is ruined (is it really?) by greed. Slowly we accept ads in our streams, run software on other peoples machines to allow others to take control, have our darkest secrets about our interests tracked by invisible and malignant scripts on every website.

How unimaginative are you that you would share it all with advertisers? And I though internet destroyed my fantasy...

Even if that was all predictable, you can still be angry of course.

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Greed has destroyed the internet 100%. At first it was a medium that was difficult to use and that enforced a natural barrier to entry. You had to want it and then maybe made contributions because you wanted to give. Now everyone wants to take take take.
SEO is greed. There would be no need for it if it didn’t turn into money at some point.