Sitting in your apartment alone radicalizing yourself on the internet is exactly what a hypothetical “evil overlord” would want you to do. The greatest act of rebellion is to go outside and forge relationships and start families and build things that help people and spread love.
True online counterculture is rejecting social media altogether. It’s leaving your subreddit and teaming up with a bunch of other people to set up an independent forum, yelling “fuck you to spez” in the process. Counterculture is spending time making zines and sending them out to 10 people across the globe, rather than posting shorts on fucking... See more
Online counterculture – Manu
The internet has this amazing power in convincing us that we are being social on Facebook while providing breadcrumbs of what it means to actually be social.
Five wholesome, algorithm-free tips for cultivating a rich(er) social life
that the most powerful thing an online community can do is create offline friendships.