+69 Social media and the internet are amazing beautiful tools that connect everyone. The negativity online is going to drive people away from effectively the best tool we've ever had. amirite?

by ellsworth93 3 months ago

IMO, it's not…SM, has people hooked like it's a drug. Whether it's healthy or not for them.

by Rogelio16 3 months ago

I mean... that's what it is, that's what you're gonna get from the type of platforms we have. Algorithms created to drive engagement through division don't help, but this is what for-profit social media is. If it were operated as a public service it could be different, but there's definitely not enough faith in public institutions currently for 'government-run Facebook' to get off the ground. Weirdly I guess there is enough faith in business, where the common folks don't even get a say in choosing whatever batch of representatives their system affords them, but businesses were a bit sneakier before the extent of the manipulation started to show

by Kayli19 3 months ago

It isn't even the negativity. It is marketing people that will kill off social media.

by SeriousMovie 3 months ago

The Internet itself is one of humanity's crowning achievements as a global database of all history and scientific achievement. Social media is a toxic addictive dump that feeds off our weakness and attracts the worst of humanity for the sake of profit. You can find detailed instructions how to make life saving drugs.. and then also find terminally online basement dwellers laughing at footage of people getting blown up by drones in a war.

by Anonymous 3 months ago