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by scoofy 837 days ago
The distinction I always see is the consumption internet vs the creation internet.

The first question I ask people is whether or not they edit Wikipedia. That should be the shibboleth. If you don’t participate in the greatest product of the internet, you probably think the internet exists to entertain you, rather than the internet existing to help connect people to do great things together.

The internet is a success, it’s just not the success these types of people want.