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> we should have taken better care of so many people we’ve put in such horrible situations... Rather than assuming they were just crybabies. It may seemed call

> we should have taken better care of so many people we’ve put in such horrible situations... Rather than assuming they were just crybabies. It may seemed callused, but they _are_ just crybabies. Just because social media facilitates the formation of certain identity groups now does not mean that the cultures formed from those identities are good or productive. Just look at the increase in suicides, depression, school shootings, and general extremism since the spread of social media. Those are not mentalities that we should foster and support IMO.

Loughla 7y ago
>we should have taken better care of so many people >Those are not mentalities that we should foster and support IMO. Those are not the same thing. The first says to connect people to services that can help stem the negative and unproductive mentalities. Yours says to help them grow that negativity. These are not the same things.
andrekandre 7y ago
assuming that its true, "its online medias fault", then why havent we seen similar extremes forming in other countries? it seems extreme student violence, incels, increased violence, depression and suicide 1. seems to be more of an anerican phenomena (incels, student shootings) 2. started to sharply increase after 2008 financial crisis when huge swaths of people went through huge personal and societal stresses [0] so while online media can definitely be attributed to accelerating and manipulation of people being easier, i would posit that the seeds were already there in the culture and environment... [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-2008-financial-crisis-increased-suicide-rates-in-us-europe/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-2008-financial-crisis-in... [edit] just to clarify: this isnt to mean i give fb a free pass of course... they are making money off of manipulating people with this kind of misery and extremism which i find reprehensible
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Loughla 7y ago

>we should have taken better care of so many people >Those are not mentalities that we should foster and support IMO. Those are not the same thing. The first says to connect people to services that can help stem the negative and unproductive mentalities. Yours says to help them grow that negativity. These are not the same things.

andrekandre 7y ago

assuming that its true, "its online medias fault", then why havent we seen similar extremes forming in other countries? it seems extreme student violence, incels, increased violence, depression and suicide 1. seems to be more of an anerican phenomena (incels, student shootings) 2. started to sharply increase after 2008 financial crisis when huge swaths of people went through huge personal and societal stresses [0] so while online media can definitely be attributed to accelerating and manipulation of people being easier, i would posit that the seeds were already there in the culture and environment... [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-2008-financial-crisis-increased-suicide-rates-in-us-europe/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-2008-financial-crisis-in... [edit] just to clarify: this isnt to mean i give fb a free pass of course... they are making money off of manipulating people with this kind of misery and extremism which i find reprehensible

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