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> Social media is what is making people anxious in the first place. What you're saying is ignorance is bliss. Without social media, a few phone calls to media
by vezycash 6y ago
> Social media is what is making people anxious in the first place.
What you're saying is ignorance is bliss. Without social media, a few phone calls to media houses would have been sufficient to squelch the recent murder of a black male by the police.
The medium is not at fault.
We all hailed Facebook helped organize 'successful' revolutions in some 'oppressive' states.
It's easier to believe tales about people I distrust.
I prefer we focused on ways to increase transparency and fairness in government. That's the conspiracy theory vaccine we need.
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- dade_ 6y agoNo, what I am saying is that social media is actually causing mental health issues including anxiety. If anxiety us at the root of people falling for conspiracies, then consider social media the fertilizer and the field. I haven't hailed FB for squat. I don't even use it, but FB algorithms have been responsible for one genocide already, and I won't give it credit for the Arab Spring even for the small successes that were achieved. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...