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It's always a relief to learn that something you've been feeling guilty about actually isn't so bad after all: when some study announces that coffee makes you smarter or that reading novels is just as good for you as running marathons. (I'm still waiting for that last one, but I'm sure someone will prove it soon.) So how about those hours spent doodling around the Internet? Brain-draining time-suck? Or...WAY TO SAVE THE WORLD?

Fast Company has curated this lovely collection of 8 Examples of Good Defeating Evil on the Internet. Example Number One is the amazing Indie-Go-Go campaign that a kind-hearted soul started in order to give a lady named Karen a nice vacation. You probably heard the story: a senior citizen works as a bus monitor, and one day the middle-schoolers on her bus decided to record their verbal harassment of her and put in online, because it's just so hilarious to taunt a sweet older woman into tears. One man decided that Karen the bus monitor needed a break, and started the campaign in order to raise $5,000 for her. Thousands of views, tweets, likes, and donations later, Karen's campaign has raised over $679,000.

Read on for more stories that will make you feel better about the world, the Internet, and your hours spent trolling its mysterious depths.

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