“The internet of today is a battleground. The idealism of the ’90s web is gone. The public and semi-public spaces we created to develop our identities, cultivate communities, and gain knowledge were overtaken by forces using them to gain power of various kinds… …This is the atmosphere of the mainstream web today: a relentless competition for power. As this competition has grown in size and ferocity, an increasing number of the population has scurried into their dark forests to avoid the fray.”

https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1