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> The problem is not (just) the social media companies. It lies in us. my take is that social networks opened a new 'space' and just like every new spaces, old
by agumonkey 4y ago
> The problem is not (just) the social media companies. It lies in us.
my take is that social networks opened a new 'space' and just like every new spaces, old rules / regulations / institutions got thrown out to enjoy the newfound freedom, until people experience the same issues.. aka the need for organization and will thus reinvent similar rules they went away from. It's a kind of cycle.
such freedom itself is not a benefit, it's more like removing brakes from your car to save weight and maintenance cost.
- anthropodie 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if future generations looked at these few decades and wondered "crazy times". You are right this is new and it would take decades before we master this new "space".
- agumonkey 4y agoMethinks they will read it as we read history, just a funny story they won't grasp :)
- WeylandYutani 4y agoNot really. People don't change. Slavery, rape, murder, theft, corruption. History books are not funny stories they are painfully relatable.
- darkarmani 4y agoIt's not like friendster and myspace caused these issues. It's the social media platforms that are absolutely designed to cause polarization to drive up platform metrics. It's the difference between a carefully tended forest and a forest where the "tending" made sure there was flammable underbrush spread everywhere. Sure it is the match that started the forest fire, but there is a world of difference between the two.