I believe you're right. In part, I blame the shift of the internet's target audience. It had a serious pull of that fringe of society in the early days.

Nonetheless, content sanitization has become more and more prevalent. It's disturbing to think, of the influence of social bubbles, and algorithmic driven content proliferation. How much of this mix of content moderation + appealing to a bigger audience affects our own thoughts/opinions.

I understand that a lot of it should be sanitized. But this thought is terrifying.