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There was a period where feeds were just wall to wall outrage. Literally, at trump, at obama, at random other friends on facebook. It was crazy. Reality - life

There was a period where feeds were just wall to wall outrage. Literally, at trump, at obama, at random other friends on facebook. It was crazy. Reality - life's much better getting off social media and hanging out with friends in real life - and instagram has a bit less outrage machine stuff - easier / quieter place to share pix of the kids playing and catchup with what folks are up to.

gherkinnn 7y ago
Regarding Insta, it’s interesting how some platforms are inherently more peaceful. The lack of links? Tiny, almost irrelevant image descriptions? Barely a commenting system to speak of? Just vanity and pretty people. It’s quite nice. And makes for a good case study.
- taurath 7y ago
  Now if we could do that for actual togetherness, that’s be the real trick, especially given that’s the promise of social media in the first place.
- mtgx 7y ago
  A vanity place with pretty people pushing random products in their feeds. How is that "nice"?
  - gherkinnn 7y ago
    Not quite as poisonous as other places. And some people actually post nice stuff. It’s what you make of it and harder to go to shit.
    - edoceo 7y ago
      I remember when folk said that about FB vs the toxic platforms of those days
      - gherkinnn 7y ago
        Maybe a descent in to darkness is inevitable. We’ll see. In the mean time, let’s also take a look at the dynamics of group chats. Their whitelist and closed off nature seems to work very well indeed. A new set of customs and etiquette is being developed regarding who is invited, how does one exit such a group with grace, how do you remove someone? Maybe just make a new one without the annoying party?
- privateSFacct 7y ago
  My own view - the lack of reposts. I think reposts based on outrage probably do better then other reposts, so on facebook you can get lots of these - they are not even your friends words or research. What's really funny is when you have friends on facebook in different sides of things. I live in a very liberal area, I used to work in a very conservative area - literally BOTH sides are constantly outraged at the other. Most recently - left friends are saying XXX. On the right it just as heated and bitter the other way YYY. Everyone in their little bubble. (To reduce the noise I'm leaving out the topics of the day).
Mountain_Skies 7y ago
About a third of friends on Facebook appear in my feed. It was the only way to get rid of the outrage. Now it's mostly friends and family members posting about their kids, concerts, and some travel. It's sad that so many people whose lives I'd like to keep up with have to be excluded but many people actually think reposting outrage all day actually changes the world in the way they wish it to be changed.
- stjohnswarts 7y ago
  yeah I just have a few lists "family" "friends" "bffs" "other" and my feed is pretty clean. People just need to learn how to filter using lists.

gherkinnn 7y ago

Regarding Insta, it’s interesting how some platforms are inherently more peaceful. The lack of links? Tiny, almost irrelevant image descriptions? Barely a commenting system to speak of? Just vanity and pretty people. It’s quite nice. And makes for a good case study.

taurath 7y ago
Now if we could do that for actual togetherness, that’s be the real trick, especially given that’s the promise of social media in the first place.
mtgx 7y ago
A vanity place with pretty people pushing random products in their feeds. How is that "nice"?
- gherkinnn 7y ago
  Not quite as poisonous as other places. And some people actually post nice stuff. It’s what you make of it and harder to go to shit.
  - edoceo 7y ago
    I remember when folk said that about FB vs the toxic platforms of those days
    - gherkinnn 7y ago
      Maybe a descent in to darkness is inevitable. We’ll see. In the mean time, let’s also take a look at the dynamics of group chats. Their whitelist and closed off nature seems to work very well indeed. A new set of customs and etiquette is being developed regarding who is invited, how does one exit such a group with grace, how do you remove someone? Maybe just make a new one without the annoying party?
privateSFacct 7y ago
My own view - the lack of reposts. I think reposts based on outrage probably do better then other reposts, so on facebook you can get lots of these - they are not even your friends words or research. What's really funny is when you have friends on facebook in different sides of things. I live in a very liberal area, I used to work in a very conservative area - literally BOTH sides are constantly outraged at the other. Most recently - left friends are saying XXX. On the right it just as heated and bitter the other way YYY. Everyone in their little bubble. (To reduce the noise I'm leaving out the topics of the day).

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

About a third of friends on Facebook appear in my feed. It was the only way to get rid of the outrage. Now it's mostly friends and family members posting about their kids, concerts, and some travel. It's sad that so many people whose lives I'd like to keep up with have to be excluded but many people actually think reposting outrage all day actually changes the world in the way they wish it to be changed.

stjohnswarts 7y ago
yeah I just have a few lists "family" "friends" "bffs" "other" and my feed is pretty clean. People just need to learn how to filter using lists.