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Social media is of course not responsible for all our problems, but I do blame specifically social media for making people (including myself) who are materially
by Tainnor 3y ago
Social media is of course not responsible for all our problems, but I do blame specifically social media for making people (including myself) who are materially well off and live a comfortable life irrationally angry about things outside of their control and think that everything is going to get worse and worse (which is a reinforcement loop because then some of these people start exhibiting destructive behaviour which does make things worse).
- nox101 3y agoI know the various social media companies supposedly optimize for engagement and angry posts supposedly do best as that ... I can't imagine an entirely neutral social media platform would be any different. people are going to follow whoever engages them the most. the inventives, regardless of the algorithms used, are exactly the same. no manipulation by the social media companies required. all that's needed is a public voice and followers
- Tainnor 3y agoOf course, people are people and react to certain stimuli. But I still remember the internet of old. Not only the small, semi-gated internet forums, but at also when Facebook just started out and you would just talk to your friends and not everything would be about polarising subjects. This is clearly something that has changed due to social media algorithms, though maybe as a society we're now already brainwashed by it and I'm not sure if we can go back.