As for Twitter, and other "word cesspools" I'd propose a much harsher solution - although impossible - of expunging all social media sites. As I recall, Zuck started a site at Harvard to rate girls. Then he got this weird idea that the world would be a better place if people could express themselves - and how did that work out? Sites …
As for Twitter, and other "word cesspools" I'd propose a much harsher solution - although impossible - of expunging all social media sites. As I recall, Zuck started a site at Harvard to rate girls. Then he got this weird idea that the world would be a better place if people could express themselves - and how did that work out? Sites like Facebook and Instagram serve to let other people know "how great my life is". I've never used social media as I prefer self-examination and self-improvement. I've never grasped the joy of letting the world know what the hell I'm thinking or doing, as who would care. In terms of social media, I guess I'm an iconoclast. Don't see any social benefit of engaging with it - and the last think I need in my life is an electronic "friend". The sheer number of hours people put into social media could be better spent making the world a better place.
Surely it's like any other tool, i.e. a question of how it's used determines the merits of its use (is there anything precluding basic education which prompts users to think before they post?)...
Blogging sites, good, bad, or indifferent, are all social media platforms. I use two sites, and two sites only, Substack, and Word Press, but I realize they are just another form of social media. There is as much crap to be found on them as there is on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else!
As for Twitter, and other "word cesspools" I'd propose a much harsher solution - although impossible - of expunging all social media sites. As I recall, Zuck started a site at Harvard to rate girls. Then he got this weird idea that the world would be a better place if people could express themselves - and how did that work out? Sites like Facebook and Instagram serve to let other people know "how great my life is". I've never used social media as I prefer self-examination and self-improvement. I've never grasped the joy of letting the world know what the hell I'm thinking or doing, as who would care. In terms of social media, I guess I'm an iconoclast. Don't see any social benefit of engaging with it - and the last think I need in my life is an electronic "friend". The sheer number of hours people put into social media could be better spent making the world a better place.
Surely it's like any other tool, i.e. a question of how it's used determines the merits of its use (is there anything precluding basic education which prompts users to think before they post?)...
Blogging sites, good, bad, or indifferent, are all social media platforms. I use two sites, and two sites only, Substack, and Word Press, but I realize they are just another form of social media. There is as much crap to be found on them as there is on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else!