The internet was more welcoming in the past before social platforms and content creation grew to their current size, which facilitated a shift toward adversarial "us versus them" culture.

“oddly enough i feel like let me know if you guys agree like way back in the day before all these social platforms and twitch and content creation in general blew up i actually feel like the internet was a little more uh like almost like wholesome and welcoming because there weren't as many people”