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Social media is an inevitable, unavoidable consequence of the internet
by corporateslave5 6y ago
Social media is an inevitable, unavoidable consequence of the internet
- airstrike 6y agoIt's almost an emergent property... don't think it quite qualifies as a "mistake". It was bound to happen I'd personally rank the careless use of plastics for nearly everything conceivable including the most unnecessary stuff higher in our collective mistakes list
- nullc 6y agoI think your response is extremely unimagnative. We had the internet in widespread use for a decade before 'social media' was in widespread use. Social media of the kind being discussed here-- mass market sites driven by algorithms designed to hack human behaviour and drive "engagement" at any cost-- is may be an inevitable consequence of advertising funded business but I don't believe it is an inevitable consequence of the internet.