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All this is built on the terrible assumption that Social Media is critical to solving complex problems of society. All they do is dump waste amounts of shit on
by op03 5y ago
All this is built on the terrible assumption that Social Media is critical to solving complex problems of society.
All they do is dump waste amounts of shit on the plates of decision makers and then crucify them for problems no one can solve or have capacities to solve only badly.
People think this is a great way to take out buffons like Modi or Trump. But the truth is such systems will take out anyone propped up especially dealing with complex problems.
- smt88 5y agoI don't think social media is inherently bad. It's just easy to weaponize it given enough resources. If people continue to believe that public posts on Twitter and Facebook accurately reflect reality, and it's possible for governments to silently (or not silently!) censor those platforms, then social media becomes an incredibly effective tool for propaganda. My personal solution is not to use any public social medium (places where I consume posts from anonymous strangers) except HN. Unfortunately that solution can't scale.
- op03 5y agoIts lose-lose for everyone working on complex stuff. Leaders of all stripes will lose no matter what position they take on anything Complex, as social media enables the mob to immediately point out flaws and crucify them. No one can lead in those conditions. Only the crazy or totally stupid will end up getting propped into leadership roles.