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The hostility is rife across social media. I don't see much of it day to day.
by walthamstow 5mo ago
The hostility is rife across social media. I don't see much of it day to day.
- andrepd 5mo agoUnfortunately, for a few years now, social media is real life...
- qsera 5mo agoAs the persons said, they are not observing it in real life. This is what I also have observed in various contexts as well. Social media is not a representation of what real people think. Most people in real life does not comment in social media, or they comment on inconsequential or trivial things....
- graemep 5mo agoSocial media gets distorted by a handful of extremists who are motivated, and by commercial interests. A lot of the nastiest stuff is not even posted by British people, but people masquerading as British: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o
- frereubu 5mo agoReminds me of the Bill Hicks bit during the early days of CNN and 24-hour news channels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGjuPJskNRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGjuPJskNRE