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Literally no But social media did radically change society and not strictly for the better, imo. With hindsight, someone saying “social media will destroy soc
by dartos 2y ago
Literally no
But social media did radically change society and not strictly for the better, imo.
With hindsight, someone saying “social media will destroy society” seems more justified than it did 20ish years ago.
I’m using hyperbole to elicit and emotional reaction which, hopefully, will give readers pause to reflect on what I wrote.
Not everything is strictly literal.
- exe34 2y ago> I’m using hyperbole to elicit and emotional reaction which, hopefully, will give readers pause to reflect on what I wrote. No, the emotional reaction it elicits is "oh here we go again." It's worse than useless, it completely undermines your point. Social media has a lot of negatives, and some positives. The negatives are mostly a result of chasing profit, and locked-in platforms as opposed to federation between equals. E.g. nobody's crying out that email is about to destroy the very fabric of reality.
- dartos 2y agoEmotional reactions are subjective. You seem to be the only one really hung up on the made up quote I used to illustrate my point. Maybe it undermines my point to you, but that’s okay.