Pay attention to what you consume. Find sources you trust, creators you enjoy, and communities that are real. Participate.

Not sure what else to say. Yeah, if you consume the "internet" like some firehose of information you spray at your face hoping for the best then, yeah, even today you're going to wind up gargling mostly shit.

The "internet" being a small group of well-minded people who largely shared a similar outlook on things was the anomaly, not what's going on now.