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> What social media has done is ensure you hear more from groups that previously didn’t get a voice There's a lot of truth here. Same goes for the perception t
by hliyan 9y ago
> What social media has done is ensure you hear more from groups that previously didn’t get a voice
There's a lot of truth here. Same goes for the perception that social media has made us "dumb" -- it's just that now we're hearing from a lot of people who simply did not have a public voice before.
That said, I think instant access to social media is eroding our impulse control abilities. We're able to act our emotions before they have a had a chance to simmer down. Maybe a lot of the outrage we're hearing is heat-of-the-moment comments that the commenters don't hold as long term views?
- ci5er 9y agoTo clarify, you are saying 'the Internet didn't make us dumb, but now the dumbest of us now have equal access to a microphone'. Is that a correct reading of you? If so, that's interesting. Because of feedback loops at multiple levels... Your last sentence is interesting. You appear to be saying that people might not believe the stuff spewing from their very own fingertips...
- nathanaldensr 9y ago...people might not believe the stuff spewing from their very own fingertips... They don't. Only hyperbolic writing and videos get attention nowadays. Everyone's trying to one-up everyone else in the attention wars. Virtue signaling abounds. Calmly stating a reasoned opinion is a quick way to be ignored.
- exodust 9y agoIt's more likely they don't hold as long term the rage and emotion they initially punched out their views with, rather than the views themselves.