Here's a simple advice: stop living on the internet. Internet has proven to be an excellent economic and scientific tool. Uber archive. Digital mega repository. But there is no, and there will never be, a human soul there. Create human connections in real life with real people around you, and you'll be fine. Just my experience.

> I merely think about something and would you look at that, a new post / video / comment / blog / article / etc. about what I’m thinking about, but trying to ragebait me for attention. It also tries to get a reaction, whether it would be with a block, a report, a ban, a ignore like that’ll deter them, a dislike, etc.

Is this really the *internet*, or just social media and aggregators like Reddit and HN? I ask because I typically just do my own thing on my own website, read other people's websites via RSS, and email other website operators if I have something to say that I don't want to put in a public post. Since I ignore social media, and don't visit HN more than once a month, my experience of the internet is a bit different from yours.

A constant stream of unwanted negativity can make people pessimistic.