[wussboy]

I find my trust in anything I see on the Internet quickly eroding. I suspect/hope that in the near future, no one will be able to be blacklisted or cancelled, because trust in the Internet has gone to zero.

I've been trying to hire a web dev for the last few months, and repeatedly encounter candidates just reading responses from Chat GPT. I am beginning to trust online interviews 0% and am starting, more and more, to crawl my personal connections for candidates. I suspect I'm not the only one.

[JTbane]

Unfortunately it seems like no one does their due diligence any more. I recall a journalism class I took 10 years ago in undergrad that emphasized sources need to be vetted, have sufficient age, credentials, and any bias be identified.

Nowadays it's all about social media BS and brigading (i.e. how many accounts can scream the loudest).

[almosthere]

I actually think the longer people stay online, the less trust the real society will have too. Online = Zero Trust. Real Life in America = Pretty Incredibly High Trust in 1990, 2025 = Crashing Trust in America