One of the curious aspects of the Twenty-First Century was the great delusion amongst many people, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, that freedom of speech and freedom of expression were best exercised on technological platforms owned by corporations dedicated to making as much money as possible.

You can't stop the gears of capitalism. But you can always be a pain in the ass.

Uncoincidentally, Instagram was also the first social-media platform to which the only sane reaction was hate.

The Internet was a wonderful invention. It was a computer network which people used to remind other people that they were awful pieces of shit.