I've been thinking about this a lot, the reason I keep coming back to Newgrounds after all these years. I've talked to people who have no idea Newgrounds still exists because they think it's just some relic of their childhood in the early 2000s, but it's still going strong. To me, Newgrounds is a refuge from the spamification of the Internet. It's avoided all the algorithmic antagonism outlined in The Social Dilemma. I think staying under the radar works to its benefit. No one has a motive to pollute Newgrounds with soulless automated garbage because there's no profit to be made from that. The things people post on Newgrounds are the things they wanted to make, which is the only way art can truly exist. Newgrounds is unique. The front page submissions are handpicked by human beings. The founder of Newgrounds personally writes eulogies for members who didn't even make a single submission. Can you imagine people like Zuckerberg or Bezos caring that much? It's ironic that Newgrounds has a dystopian warzone theme because it's the least dystopian place on the Internet