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We had social media 20 years ago. And what would happen in another 20 years? What exactly would prevent this from happening again? Maybe instead of just knee-

by squigz 2y ago

We had social media 20 years ago. And what would happen in another 20 years? What exactly would prevent this from happening again? Maybe instead of just knee-jerk reactions like "Ugh stupid social media, let's ban it" we should think it through and solve the underlying issues.

alt227 2y ago
You are correct, we had social media 20 years ago. What we did not have was advertising revenue based addiction generating algorithms manipulating the minds of the entire worlds population.
unethical_ban 2y ago
We did not have the social media technology and pervasiveness of today, 20 years ago. Absolutely objectively not.
- tgv 2y ago
  People will call anything social media, or refer to Luddites in order to deflect criticism of their addiction.
- JKCalhoun 2y ago
  That is true. Call what you want "Social Media" from 20 years ago — regardless, I am pretty sure we were not carrying it with us everywhere we went.