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Normally I'd agree but there's something weird about social media that brings out the worst in people. It's kind of automatically polarizing and divisive.
by bfieidhbrjr 6y ago
Normally I'd agree but there's something weird about social media that brings out the worst in people. It's kind of automatically polarizing and divisive.
- mr_toad 6y agoPart of the problem is the exclusive nature of the social graphs. Suddenly the world is full of cliques, cabals and clandestine societies.
- ganoushoreilly 6y agoI think the factor Social media misses is the get popped in the mouth factor. People have always spewed trash, though they dealt with the responses of others "popping them in the mouth". Social media / the internet as a whole, allows you to say and do things without any real fear of repercussion in the real world. That definitely doesn't help. Compound that by the ease of which we all can fall into an echo chamber, only hearing the ideals we seek out, and it's risky for sure. The dopamine fix of winning in arguments or commentary through the various gamification definitely feed an unhealthy addiction.
- MikusR 6y agoIt's the same thing that turns protesters into looters and rioters.