@DY Many of the speakers at the asifa admitted they never used the internet, They were only repeating “What they were told” They of course were told there is Schmutz there and its terrible.
They were told Blogs have terrible Loshon Harah and terrible things against the Gedolim
They were told People can buy things with a click of a button on Amazon and ebay faster than you can say a Bracha.
They were told marriages were destroyed by FB and Twitter.
And of course these things were told to them by such Ehrich Yidden (Otherwise known as Askanim) People who only want the best for Klal Yisroel.
I seriously doubt they were told there are people who make incomes off eBay and Amazon. That you need Blogs, FB and Twitter to promote your items and make sales . That you can make money on Blogs, FB and twitter by managing peoples social media pages.
I heard the statment “We are clicking ourselves into vegetables” , Well People “Clicking” is how I make money.
I am not even promoting Torah websites or sites like Jdate. I dont know how many people actually use this sites, but ALOT of people, In fact probably MORE than are “Schmutz addicts” make part of all of their parnassah from the internet