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Social media used to be fun 10 years ago. Twitter was a fun place with fun people when I started using it in 2009. Now social media has turned into a platform f
by miguelmota 6y ago
Social media used to be fun 10 years ago. Twitter was a fun place with fun people when I started using it in 2009. Now social media has turned into a platform for misinformation, contrarians, and ‘gotcha’ folks.
- zeroonetwothree 6y agoMaybe it has more to do with you getting older than the platform changing
- skeeter2020 6y agoIt's probably due to more adoption by the masses has dramatically altered the tribalism, sense of community and significantly changed the content & usage. It is definitely elitist, but I miss an internet that required some effort if you wished to participate. It has been a net gain for the world, but probably a loss for most of the people here.
- geraldcombs 6y agoI can't speak for the GP, but Facebook became much less fun about a year ago when anti-mask disinformation started flooding in and I realized it was going to kill a lot of people. I haven't been on FB since then.