No one needed to do much with the news. Maybe the weather needed to be semi-accurate so I knew what to wear tomorrow, but my actions rarely hinged on the 3 car

No one needed to do much with the news. Maybe the weather needed to be semi-accurate so I knew what to wear tomorrow, but my actions rarely hinged on the 3 car pileup that happened 8 hours ago or the money embezzled from a bank that I don't do business with. People do use the Easterweb to accomplish things: find out how to fix your car, code a mobile app, or buy parts for your refrigerator. If people cannot accomplish these things, traffic and the number of useful sites will drop. The mindless fear-inducing echo chambers will always be there.