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by echevil 1345 days ago
As far as I can remember it all started since Trump got elected. Before then the tone on Facebook was much more positive than it is now
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The word "dystopia" (according to Google Trends at least) had a large spike worldwide in November 2016 and has been consistently trending higher than pre-November 2016 ever since. Trump (or probably just general events around then) did something to the Anglosphere net that definitely made it more negative and cynical.

EDIT: same pattern with "dystopian"

Also, Brexit.