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You are being voted down, but I can think of little as harmful as the open sewer that is unfiltered social media, especially to younger people that haven't yet
by agent327 5y ago
You are being voted down, but I can think of little as harmful as the open sewer that is unfiltered social media, especially to younger people that haven't yet learned not to take it all personally.
- EricE 5y agoI grew up in the era of dialup, BBS's and USENET - and it did warp my perceptions a little. I can't imagine how being exposed to social media as an adolescent - or younger - could have seriously screwed up my perceptions of society. Elsewhere someone sarcastically asked about video games - if 1/10th the concern that was shown in the 80's and 90's over video games towards social media I think we all would be having a much different conversation. I dunno why up until recently social media has been pretty much getting a pass. It's nice to see at least some discussion of it, especially in relation to kids, showing up in more places. I'm always amazed and somewhat appalled by how many of my peers I see just hand over phones or tablets to their kids to occupy them. At least in the past when parents parked kids in front of the TV it was one way and limited to fairly "safe" content. Ha - after having typed that it sure makes the concerns voiced over TV in the past feel very, very quaint in comparison. Something I really hadn't considered before now.