I really miss the pre-2014 Internet.

I know some of you will say they want the pre-2007 Internet, or even before that, but I'd argue that GamerGate truly changed the Internet landscape forever. Now everyone with a significant presence on the Internet has to pick a side, whether their presence is political or not. I just miss the days when you can just simply create something, share it on the Internet, and not be forced at gun point to share your stance on something like abortion, and if you wanted to, you can simply talk about those issues on some separate account.

One good thing that came from the political polarization from the past decade however is that it finally gave people an excuse to look at alternative platforms. Not even the Snowden leaks were enough to get people to jump ship.