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What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 months ago by Decency8401@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me, it was that the Internet never forgets and that you should never enter your real name. In my opinion, both of these rules are now completely ignored.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It went from "don't post pictures of yourself or your real name online because you might get strangers' attention" to everyone trying to be their own version of a Max Headroom talking head to try to get the attention of all the strangers. Selfies, video selfies, talking head videos, reaction videos... all garbage.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes they do serve a purpose. While I don’t see the point of a “reactions” only YouTube channel since they get repetitive. Sometimes you wonder how people took a certain episode of your childhood anime or some episode with an interesting plot line like the red wedding. With that said, channels with no commentary and all “uh hu” or “that’s right” as the most useful additions from the “hosts” are trash.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah a commentary video with a creator of a movie or show is real content related to the other content, not the same as a random person's "look at me" video