• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I honestly just think you’re wrong. I can see the point you’d like to make. I can give you the benefit of the doubt that social media as it is isn’t great. But I also think you’re wrong

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      4 hours ago

      Idk if you’ve noticed, but in just 15 years, social media turned half of Americans into Nazis. People like McCain and Romney seem positively centrist.

      the effect of Facebook on Brazil:

      By comparison, smoking shortens people’s lives. Personally, I’d prefer a shorter life than a world where 90% of the most popular podcasts are a bunch of psychopaths.

      As someone steeped in technology, if I had a button that destroys the internet, I’m not sure if I should press it. Probably. Probably.