(09-09-2018, 11:34 AM)Steph Wrote: ... ugly, flashy, slow, ad-ridden, pop-up, content-recycling, free-ebook-mailing-list, infinite-scroll, lowest-common-denominator-appealing, many-fonted, autoplaying-video, social-media-linked, websites./

With some obvious allowances for technical possibilities, I don't see how this is fundamentally different from the situation in printed media. Yet we look for (text)books that are meaningful, newspapers that have reliable content etc. On the whole, we should be mighty glad that the printing press exists and by analogy, yes, that the internet and even the web exist.

Appeal to the lowest common denominator was always to be expected, purely based on the numbers but likewise, there will always be a space for quality content.

I'm sure facebook will disappear, perhaps even soon, but don't get your hopes up. It will be replaced by something more trashy. Best is to be selective ourselves and look for what's good and hopefully contribute to that. And don't forget, real life happens offline.