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How much has social media escalated the problems we have?
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:54 pm
I get on it now and am thankful my friends list is normal. Even those with other points are either empathetic or quiet. But, if I scroll, AI brings me to places of viewpoints that I despise. Is this helpful? I get angry reading some of the comments and want to break the face of people who I will never meet.
According to Google, "Social media AI brings you viewpoints you hate primarily because the algorithms are designed to maximize engagement, and outrage is a powerful form of engagement. These systems are not optimized for your happiness or well-being but rather to keep you on the platform for as long as possible, showing you more ads. This incentive structure can lead to content that triggers strong emotional reactions, both positive and negative, to spread more widely."
I keep hearing the media say we have a mental helath crisis. But, what other variable other than technology has grown so expotentially the past generation. I feel the corelation is strong. You get into the echo chamber and easily radicalized when you only allow yourself to listen to the views you support and then make the other side the enemy.
According to Google, "Social media AI brings you viewpoints you hate primarily because the algorithms are designed to maximize engagement, and outrage is a powerful form of engagement. These systems are not optimized for your happiness or well-being but rather to keep you on the platform for as long as possible, showing you more ads. This incentive structure can lead to content that triggers strong emotional reactions, both positive and negative, to spread more widely."
I keep hearing the media say we have a mental helath crisis. But, what other variable other than technology has grown so expotentially the past generation. I feel the corelation is strong. You get into the echo chamber and easily radicalized when you only allow yourself to listen to the views you support and then make the other side the enemy.
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 9:58 pm
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:56 pm to rpg37
It's the main stream media calling anyone on the right Nazis
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:56 pm to rpg37
Social media IS the problem.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:56 pm to rpg37
It’s not helping
Back in the day, the village idiot stayed in his own village. Now they all congregate on social media.
Back in the day, the village idiot stayed in his own village. Now they all congregate on social media.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:57 pm to rpg37
The people who act like we haven’t had problems before social media need to read a fricking book
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:58 pm to rpg37
Social media is destroying civility, the family, modesty, and in general our entire society.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:58 pm to rpg37
The internet may be the best and worst invention of all time.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:58 pm to rpg37
Many multiples. The country is awash in propaganda. People have been retarding themselves with it in prolific form for over twenty years. I think this shite really started going off the rails post-9/11. It’s been a steady decline, people are definitely dumber on the whole, cannot discern truth from lie. And the lies are bountiful.
Social media has turned politics into the dumbest of all the dumb religions. Even Islam
Social media has turned politics into the dumbest of all the dumb religions. Even Islam
Posted on 9/10/25 at 9:59 pm to rpg37
When you’re given a medium, an alternate reality if you will, where you’re free to spew retarded and socially unacceptable rhetoric and behavior without the ability to see people’s immediate in-the-moment reactions to it, you tend to start believing you’re either right or that you have permission to be a dumbass. There’s an entire generation that has grown up in this alternate reality filled with people’s filtered responses as opposed to genuine reactions who are now old enough to obtain guns, ammo, and other weapons.
It’s a perfect recipe for disaster and we’re seeing it unfold all the time in America now.
It’s a perfect recipe for disaster and we’re seeing it unfold all the time in America now.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:00 pm to kciDAtaE
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The people who act like we haven’t had problems before social media need to read a fricking book
No, but to suggest increased polarization isn't present is not true either. Many watch and read media that support their personal viewpoints, more people live in solid Red or Blue districts now than ever before, and the lack of discourse in debate has been dead and continues to decline.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:00 pm to kciDAtaE
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The people who act like we haven’t had problems before social media need to read a fricking book
Social media has completely fragmented the messaging we receive and created a point in time where there is no such thing as factual information.
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:02 pm to rpg37
Constant media in general is horrible for us, especially when the majority of it is negative and full of violence.
People have become simultaneously desensitized to violence and bombarded with rage bait. It's a terrible combination.
People have become simultaneously desensitized to violence and bombarded with rage bait. It's a terrible combination.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:03 pm to rpg37
I dont get on much but was sent a link on there today and it seemed to aggregate the most fringe batshit takes to the top.
No wonder everyone is so angry all the time if they see that stuff and think that represents the common person.
No wonder everyone is so angry all the time if they see that stuff and think that represents the common person.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:04 pm to TDsngumbo
I blame Tom from MySpace
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:05 pm to rintintin
War Games was on TV tonight watched the Matthew Broderick Ali Sheedy the computer thinks a thermonuclear war is happening and it plays the game
Technology is playing out in the 80s we were afraid of Russia nuking us us nuking Russia in the movie told the story of technology allowing it to go just a little too far The movie ended happily and thankfully true life also avoided a thermonuclear war do I go turning over the way we think computers lost in the movie
We don't have to let win now
Technology is playing out in the 80s we were afraid of Russia nuking us us nuking Russia in the movie told the story of technology allowing it to go just a little too far The movie ended happily and thankfully true life also avoided a thermonuclear war do I go turning over the way we think computers lost in the movie
We don't have to let win now
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:08 pm to rpg37
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No, but to suggest increased polarization isn't present is not true either. Many watch and read media that support their personal viewpoints, more people live in solid Red or Blue districts now than ever before, and the lack of discourse in debate has been dead and continues to decline.
There are also a lot of political neophytes who have inserted themselves into the various discussions, who are being led by dishonest brokers who create content online for this reason. So their entire political worldview and education is built around this toxic paradigm.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:08 pm to rpg37
Billy Hoyle: infinity plus two
Gloria: u so stupid! U should have said infinity times infinity
Gloria: u so stupid! U should have said infinity times infinity
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:13 pm to rpg37
There was a crazy man in the woods that warned us about technology and man’s downfall with it.. went about it the wrong way, but seems to be right nevertheless
Posted on 9/10/25 at 10:17 pm to rpg37
Social media and main stream media. Twitter is the only thing with balanced politics.
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