"This bad" is a value judgment, and so the answer to the question necessarily depends on what your values are compared with the values employed in using the tec

"This bad" is a value judgment, and so the answer to the question necessarily depends on what your values are compared with the values employed in using the technology. This applies to broadcast media as much as it does to social media. TV and Radio can be used to educate, or for thought-provoking news & commentary, or high art, or for pandering entertainment, advertising, or even propaganda. I think social media was in a different place 10 years ago, essentially in its inception and somewhat less directed but essentially driven by the values of its early adopters and best ostensibly vision of its creators and boosters. I also see the values Obama was campaigning with as better than a lot of the values behind some social media now, but that's my own value judgment. And as other interests came to understand it as medium that could amplify their message, and came into understanding of specific dynamics, and social media as an enterprise has therefore become legible to and influenceable by business and political interests, it's definitely suffered.