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> The social media effect works to amplify the negative and dismiss the positive. You're not wrong here, I use to look at TikTok to fill the time and my god ha
by imbnwa 6y ago
> The social media effect works to amplify the negative and dismiss the positive.
You're not wrong here, I use to look at TikTok to fill the time and my god have my emotions become more balanced since deleting that app once I realized how it was making me feel.
But this is another good example of how we're beset from all sides by forces attempting to extract value that will never be returned or re-distributed, just a bigger mess made left for the rest of us
- PragmaticPulp 6y agoTo be fair, news outlets do the same thing. 20 years ago, televised news got people to watch by teasing outrage or fear stories. "You'll never believe what this politician said...". They did it because it worked. Social media has evolved into people replicating that same behavior. The more outrageous or rage-inducing the content, the more engaged the viewer. I don't put 100% of the blame on social media platforms, though. We all need to accept some responsibility for what we consume. As much as we like to blame "the algorithm", it's not very different than nicotine in cigarettes or the sugar in donuts. Placing all of the blame on social media companies almost enables the negative behavior more, by pretending that it's entirely out of our control.
- adolph 6y agoThis weeks Farnham St podcast talks about how social media blame is unhelpful and how to restore the sense of ones agency: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/nir-eyal/ https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/nir-eyal/