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Social Media is Making us Stupid

8 pointsby bonkerbitsabout 3 years ago

2 comments

Vladimofabout 3 years ago
social media doesn't make us stupid... social media companies do, with their stupid implementations....
incomingpainabout 3 years ago
Social media that is properly neutral will never be stupid. The problem is anti-conservative bias and censorship is skewing social media in a bad way. When Elon said he&#x27;s going to buy twitter for free speech I created an account on twitter.<p>I connected to political conservatives, mostly Canadians. I &quot;liked&quot; a bunch of things. Never retweeted and never commented on anything. Just likes.<p>I made my first comment today on chess.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;Vachier_Lagrave&#x2F;status&#x2F;1515673731699552257" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;Vachier_Lagrave&#x2F;status&#x2F;15156737316995522...</a><p>A dozen comments on this post. You won&#x27;t see my comment there. Scroll all the way down and click.<p>Show additional replies, including those that may contain offensive content<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;DarthPlit&#x2F;status&#x2F;1515706304127549446" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;DarthPlit&#x2F;status&#x2F;1515706304127549446</a><p>This post is offensive content? No certainly not. However, my likes and my association with a political movement has gotten me censored. Call me crazy but I think it&#x27;s tremendously unhealthy to censor people because of their associations.