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>otherwise do nothing to improve your life. I overwhelmingly agree, but disagree in one regard; there is some signal in the scream of the noise and in not enga
by cmdshiftf4 7y ago
>otherwise do nothing to improve your life.
I overwhelmingly agree, but disagree in one regard; there is some signal in the scream of the noise and in not engaging whatsoever you miss that sliver of signal, which can be very important events in friend's/family member's lives they've chosen to document there, or maintain some sense of contact with people who are now geographically distant, etc.
Overall their effects are indescribably negative, simply due to how they effectively game people's innate insecurities, but they do have 1 to 2 uses that do improve the life of a private individual.
- danfang 7y agoThis is the nuanced perspective I really like hearing. I think people still want some avenue to keep in touch with and interact with their friends and family online, when meeting in person might be too difficult (geographic distance for example). I feel super passionate about addressing the existing toxicity of existing social networks and making something more positive and uplifting - preserving what you call the "signal". I launched something recently on HN about what I've been hacking on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771456