I've been thinking a lot about this.

The desktop that I grew up using was fundamentally a creative machine. It had games, but I mostly used it write fiction and make art-like stuff. When we got the internet it was AIM and movie trailers, so I could go to rent the movie in a store. Then someone introduced me to Webmonkey and the rest is, well, more making stuff.

It really ought to be possible to capture the creative aspects of technology without opening the door to endless toxic slime.