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People are generally good, they just tend not to be very vocal about that. Twitter and Facebook, on the other hand, tend to give a megaphone to bad people, all
by camillomiller 9y ago
People are generally good, they just tend not to be very vocal about that.
Twitter and Facebook, on the other hand, tend to give a megaphone to bad people, allowing them to spread their message wider and louder. That is inherently bad, because thanks to network effect more people would behave in a way they would never allow in real life.
My take away is that, after ten years, we can say that Facebook and Twitter have a negative impact on contemporary society.
- justicezyx 9y agoI think anyone read decent amount of history book can agree that "people are bad in general". What are the evidences for "People are generally good"?
- SirFatty 9y ago"some people are bad in general". FTFY
- TallGuyShort 9y agoMost of the stuff that isn't selected for inclusion in a history book.
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- wongarsu 9y agoHistory books only talk about the extreme actions of the most extreme people of any time period. Beyond "most people follow anyone who is charismatic" history books don't tell you much about humanity at large
- namelost 9y agoPeople are naive and easy to manipulate. Often (in history) they are manipulated into killing other people against their own interests. Few people are wilfully "good" or "bad".