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I don’t think social media is intrinsically bad, just the toxic popular social medias. Did kids in the 1990s with access to internet forums have stunted social
by armchairhacker 5mo ago
I don’t think social media is intrinsically bad, just the toxic popular social medias. Did kids in the 1990s with access to internet forums have stunted social development?
- reaperducer 5mo agoDid kids in the 1990s with access to internet forums have stunted social development? "He's intelligent, an underachiever, alienated from his parents, has few friends. A classic case for recruitment by the Soviets." — War Games More seriously, internet forums weren't designed to be addictive. They were designed to communicate. That's the difference between the past and the present.
- api 5mo agoOld school Internet forums and sites were not designed to be addictive. The "time on site" KPI and its variants is the root of all evil.