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Uninstall social media. At this point I’m pretty convinced that social media is a net negative for humanity with little redeeming quality. There was a time wh
by api 1y ago
Uninstall social media.
At this point I’m pretty convinced that social media is a net negative for humanity with little redeeming quality.
There was a time when it did connect people, like you could meet people or find old friends, but that was long ago deprioritized or even stripped away. Now it’s just a pure chum feed that serves up either brain rot trash or political fear and rage bait.
TV was always full of crap but it also gave rise to great shows, to art and lasting culture. It was a medium of mixed value. Social media doesn’t even have that going for it unless some day people celebrate the great Pepe memes. Everything it creates is disposable low effort trash. Nothing worth keeping. You could delete it all and everyone would forget a week later.
- voidhorse 1y agoHacker news is the only form of social media I use!
- api 1y agoThis is closer to a small forum. I guess I use some slacks and discords and a few lists but that’s about it.
- bavell 1y agoJust HN for me as well. Used to visit slashdot before it turned to crap. Got off FB over a decade ago, no other SM accounts.
- grugagag 1y agoJust be aware that people spend more time on HN than they really want to, HN even has a no procrastination setting where you block the access after some time spent here. So, aside dark patterns which HN does not have, it seems that the amount and frequency of information that cause some kind of dopamine disregulation.
- bowsamic 1y agoHN is not any better. This site is full of attention grabbing mechanisms and clickbait
- pajamasam 1y ago> TV was always full of crap but it also gave rise to great shows, to art and lasting culture. True. It also bonded people together. I have fond memories of watching certain shows and sport matches with my family.