Is it a matter of organization or content?

There are many things to do on the internet, however, I spend so much of my time sorting through things that I have no interest reading that I get frustrated with information overload.  Luckily the internet has all the content I could ever want in my lifetime, but I don't believe that its organization fosters broad conversations.  I would like if many people could take part in important conversations, rather, than reacting to the content published by large media outlets.  Or more pathetically, we have conversations, like this one, where no one is listening.

Perhaps, I am just lazy, but I hate sifting through the posts of my online friends to find information I want to read. I am also convinced that there is a dumbing-down effect which affects my ability to care about the many bits of information flying by online.  The result leaves me and people like me feeling that they are insulated from the internet's activities.  This has left me feeling like the conversations I contribute to are topical or small.

But no, the internet is full of good information and forums to share ideas.  The issue is that you need to be very specific about what you want to find.  Groups are built around subjects and finding a group to fit into is key.  It is frustrating that so many groups are about things that don't interest me, but that should be a good thing, it means that things are categorized.  If there are a lot of things about which I don't care and a few things that I do then it, the internet, is worth the trouble and time.