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We might be seeing the (slow) decline of Facebook, but in no way will we see the decline of social media that causes those bad effects.

• duncan_bayne 9y ago
  Unless there is a sufficient cultural backlash for social media _in general_ to become 'uncool'. "Look at that loser. Spends all his time checking Instagram." Is it Machiavellian to wonder how we could memetically inoculate children against social media?
  • egypturnash 9y ago
    No. Not at all. We teach kids about a lot of dangers already. Some are real, some are highly exaggerated. For-profit social media is a thing we’re starting to realize may be a complicated, subtle danger. Maybe all social media. Maybe just corporate-owned social media.
    • duncan_bayne 9y ago
      Yeah, that's what I meant :) I run my own Mattermost server for friends and family.
  • ldiracdelta 9y ago
    It could become a low class thing like consuming soda.