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I wonder if a large part of what makes social media unhealthy is exposing human nature to mass communication. I hate Facebook and Twitter as much as the next p
by Taywee 4y ago
I wonder if a large part of what makes social media unhealthy is exposing human nature to mass communication.
I hate Facebook and Twitter as much as the next person, but maybe humans haven't evolved to be able to instantly reach an audience of thousands or millions without any personal or social risk. People have been dangerous and inhuman for many years in the past on a grand scale, but now every human can exist on a grand scale, and maybe the results of that alone are often unsavory.
- JellyBeanThief 4y agoOne direction we could go in to deepen this conversation is to bring in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction. It potentially explains some of why mass social media communication is so problematic.
- yaomtc 4y agoGreater Internet Fuckwad Theory. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboards-and-other-anomalies https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboa...
- pontilanda 4y ago> I wonder if a large part of what makes social media unhealthy is exposing human nature to mass communication. Bingo. I do not believe for a moment that social media company A or B is worsening society. Heck, Facebook links your presumably real identity to your content and people are still disgusting online. No company will win by not rewarding “interesting content”. We tried that, it was called forums, and they lost out to more “rewarding” communities.