What happened?

I remember how the internet used to be full of upbeat and curious people. Now a lot of sites I used to enjoy are just filled with jaded and depressed losers with a penchant for shitposting. My glasses aren't rose-tinted. The same sites I browse now were much different in the past.
Do you think it's due to the poor economy, or other shitty real world factors? Or is pessimism and behavioral sink merely the result of people spending too much time online?

* >>6 contains 197% more homoness than all the other poasts in this thread combined. This roal will not be admitted by the responsible party