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It was the end of the world, the pre-rock & roll cultural landscape doesn't exist anymore. I mean sure, the music was just one manifestation of the cultural sh
by simonh 5y ago
It was the end of the world, the pre-rock & roll cultural landscape doesn't exist anymore.
I mean sure, the music was just one manifestation of the cultural shifts through the late 60s and 70s, but those people complaining about it were broadly right in that it was a real threat to their way of life, if wrong about their most dire and hyperbolic predictions of the consequences.
- chrisseaton 5y agoThat sounds like admitting Instagram is just a new culture that's different to yours, rather than an actual problem then. Personally I think there's tons that's very positive about Instagram, but even if I didn't, it's not for me to dictate how the next generation chooses to communicate and enjoy themselves.
- simonh 5y agoI'm not 'admitting' anything, just making an observation. Cultural changes can be positive or negative, or a mix of both, or neither. I do sympathise with the libertarian take on this, if people like and enjoy Instagram that's up to them, but these social media platforms are not neutral channels. They tailor their feeds individually, to users who have limited control of their feed. The platform is in control and they manipulate the feed to serve their own interests. I'm not going to say therefore we should do this or that thing, I don't know what the right thing is to do. Would you accept that in principle the level of control platforms have over their feeds, and the incentives they have to do so, potentially opens them up to some level of responsibility for the consequences?