People call stuff like Lemmy, 4chan or Reddit social media too but to me it’s always these Facebook or Instagram style self-presentation platforms. All of them suck ass.
One thing I’m not a fan of is the argument that “it is what you make of it,” because platforms act entirely differently depending on the other users, the algorithms, methods of interaction, interface, content and culture. Its very difficult for me to to have a good time on facebook because it fails in a lot of those aspects: toxic users, algorithms tbat push nonsense, a bad interface, incompatible content and culture. The general theme is that many social media sites end up being very polarizing and echo chambery.
Social media sucks
People call stuff like Lemmy, 4chan or Reddit social media too but to me it’s always these Facebook or Instagram style self-presentation platforms. All of them suck ass.
I’d categorize these as forums rather than social media. I mean there isnt that much socializing happening around here
Neither is it on social media anymore, it’s all just dick measuring, scams, MLMs, attention seeking and hating on outgroups now.
I call it asocial media, personally.
Anti-social media.
Forums are also social medias
True those are definitely worse
One thing I’m not a fan of is the argument that “it is what you make of it,” because platforms act entirely differently depending on the other users, the algorithms, methods of interaction, interface, content and culture. Its very difficult for me to to have a good time on facebook because it fails in a lot of those aspects: toxic users, algorithms tbat push nonsense, a bad interface, incompatible content and culture. The general theme is that many social media sites end up being very polarizing and echo chambery.
Envy has existed far longer than social media, none of these things would go away if social media doesn’t exist. Social media just amplifies it.
Comparison has always been the thief of joy.
Yep, “keeping up with the Jones’s” was a phrase I heard growing up in the 1980s
Also, attachment leads to suffering
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