[justsomeoldguy]

extremely sobering. and also mirroring so many of my own personal feelings.

the article is now over 6 years old. I'll repeat what the author says-- I don't know what to think anymore.

It's like finding a glitch in the matrix at this point, when you think a "bot" is real, and the only indication it isn't is some mistake it's made that no human would ever make. Raving about the 0-60mph acceleration times on your new snowblower, for example. It all looks so real, until you see that part and realize without a doubt, this is fake. A brief mistake and you won't see it again as the system corrects itself.

A little piece of me dies every time that happens. I get a little more untrusting. I get a little more jaded and bitter. If abuse can happen on the net by seeing malign content, then PTSD is happening

[I_Am_Nous]

I remember hearing stories of people traumatized as children by Happy Tree Friends, a cartoon series which appears to be child friendly at the beginning of each episode, but gets more and more violent and gory as they progress.

Parents trusted YouTube to keep their kids safe (first mistake) and YouTube dragged their feet on fixing the issue. It's not a "harmless" babysitter like a VCR that a toddler can rewind to watch Barney again, or a game console that can only play physically connected games. It's a portal to any personal hell you wish to choose and dropping the kids off and saying "be back in an hour" sounds risky.

[Myrddin]

Internet is slowly becoming a bizarre