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Playing Devil’s advocate… Socialisation is what’s driving technology use. It’s just happening on the phones, not irl. Just like with alcohol, anyone not partici
by will5421 2y ago
Playing Devil’s advocate… Socialisation is what’s driving technology use. It’s just happening on the phones, not irl. Just like with alcohol, anyone not participating will be left out. If everyone’s on their phones all the time, IRL socialisation won’t matter compared to socialisation via phones.
- vouaobrasil 2y agoDisagree. Nothing can replace face to face socialization. We're not even close. Our minds are just adapting, but to a new local maximum that is far away from the global maximum of ideal. (Edit: corrected typographical error.)
- Timshel 2y agoSocialization online exists, but I'm not sure that it's the main activity on phones. When you look at https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-for-teens https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-for-teens it does not look promising. Video is leading, then Gaming which can include socialization then third come Social media but with Tik Tok leading which I would not categorize as socialization.
- tgv 2y agoRather: avoidance of socialization is what's driving it. It's the easy way out of meeting people while still getting compliments and such and pretending "everything is fine". In that sense, it indeed has a lot in common with alcohol.
- herval 2y agoI think this was true a decade ago, where people used social media to talk to each other and actively kept chats with friends, etc. What I’m seeing now is social media got so hyper optimized for engagement that it became a passive consumption mechanism, and the only “socialization” left is sharing memes. It’s a widespread digital heroin epidemic
- internet101010 2y agoThe communication aspect has just moved to other places.
- herval 2y agosuch as?