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Do people not realize the social media panic is exactly the same kind of socially conservative attitudes we used to mock as children? Instead of video games, M
by bko 5y ago
Do people not realize the social media panic is exactly the same kind of socially conservative attitudes we used to mock as children? Instead of video games, MTV and rap, we're panicking about social media.
- telxosss 5y agoIt is like saying the automobile is just a faster horse and buggy. I mean you aren't wrong. Of course, pretending there are no sociological effects of the average person traveling 5X faster whenever they want is completely absurd but you are correct in what you said.
- echelon 5y agoMTV doesn't know who you're fucking.
- helloworld11 5y agoBut it certainly liked to suggest who you should be fantasizing about fucking.
- artificial 5y agoHow’s that saying go? Just cause you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you? Social media is next level. It enables front row access to: social graphs, voice print, biometric data, subversive content promotion. Mental health with bullying, it’s extremely pervasive with the connectedness afforded by 24/7 networked pocket computers that have cameras. Sexting and revenge porn is a thing. Not to mention FB use in Myanmar https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/tech/facebook-myanmar-rohingya-muslims-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/tech/facebook-myanmar-rohingy...
- juanani 5y ago
- Kaze404 5y agoI remember when MTV and Video Games were used to elect fascists.
- 100011_100001 5y agoThere are two separate issues with social media. Everything falls under one of these two. 1. The effect social media has on people 2. What social media gathers about you The comparison you made with video games doesn't delve deep into issue #1. With video games you play perhaps a violent game and the argument is that it might make you violent. With social media the effect is different. Algorithms are affecting what you see, the echo chamber they create around you and can literary change your perception. This isn't even touching psychological experiments being done by companies like Facebook to see the effects to your mood based on what you see in your feed. Video games haven't gotten there, they don't alter their behavior based on what you look at and do. They don't present other gamers that match your video game playstyle and likes and dislikes. They don't allow advertisements that specifically target your behavior.