The Internet & 2 Old 2 Play

And with the advent of Xbox Live and the rise of forums, blogs, and other online commentary, it's ironic the internet is becoming worse place; because as these things are meant to enrich the internet, the majority of forum posts and blog comments contribute only negatively. In one instance, I was reading through the comments on an interesting blog post at Destructoid. Most were negative, hateful; but what really surprised me was that the editor of the original post was contributing to it. He was ignoring all the constructive comments that would have advanced the dialogue of the subject he posted about, and instead he was only responding to the negative comments, at one point calling everyone "professional assholes." And I find editors do this often. It's destructive and they don't realize it.

After that instance I never visited the site again. To me, that instance was the culmination of years of watching the internet deteriorate (in terms of content quality). And I have found the more a Web site caters to kids and teens, the worse it is. For instance, sites like Destructoid, Gamespot, Gamertrailers, Playstation -- all full of kids and teens and the original content is decent, but no original content can go further discussed without the comments turning into a dialogue of hate, and no forum thread will leave you without a bad taste in your mouth.

I don't like to post long things because I know no one will read it, so I'll wrap it up. My point is: this site is one of the few places on the internet were the culmination of user-created content is actually good and decent. The people here have avoided the transformation the comic depicts and have made 2 Old 2 Play an enjoyable place to be a part of.