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There is a good argument that Twitter and a whole class of other social media and related sites (HN, Reddit, YouTube, TV etc) are "time wasters." I think if an
by VectorLock 4y ago
There is a good argument that Twitter and a whole class of other social media and related sites (HN, Reddit, YouTube, TV etc) are "time wasters."
I think if any of these disappeared, or all of them, are people suddenly going to start finding more productive uses of their time? No, they're just going to find other time wasters.
- lapcat 4y ago> are people suddenly going to start finding more productive uses of their time? I think switching to "less destructive" would be a big step up.
- VectorLock 4y agoIt might be hard to quantify the positive/negative impact each of these have had but you have to agree they all had major effects on society.