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Hopefully, the responses to this have highlighted the kind of people you are dealing with. No-one can use social media because some people in our society can't
by skippyboxedhero 1y ago
Hopefully, the responses to this have highlighted the kind of people you are dealing with.
No-one can use social media because some people in our society can't control themselves. Socialise the losses.
- gassi 1y agoYou can allow freedom of communication while restricting the algorithms that have poisoned an entire generation of children. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/05/430011/yes-social-media-might-be-making-kids-depressed https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/05/430011/yes-social-media-mi...
- ToucanLoucan 1y ago> Hopefully, the responses to this have highlighted the kind of people you are dealing with. You know I'm right here, if you have an actual rebuttal and not just dismissive hand-waving. > No-one can use social media because some people in our society can't control themselves. I think a lot of people would be measurably better off if not for social media that algorithmically fucks with their brains. > Socialise the losses. I mean that's kind of the point of a society yeah? We pool our efforts to enable greater labor specialization and to achieve things no individual can. Like an electrical grid or a highway system. And when parts of those systems break down, we all contribute a little to sorting them out.