what is Social Media doing to us?
Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.
by Jerod Morris and · updated 7h ago
what is Social Media doing to us?
alex added 7h ago
The Social Media Death Spiral
alex added 14d ago
- The illusion persists because there’s so much money in it. Back in 2016, Ben Thompson wrote that Google’s AI efforts were at odds with its business model: “If a user doesn’t have to choose from search results, said user also doesn’t have the opportunity to click an ad, thus choosing the winner of the competition Google created between its advertise... See more
from It's Time to Lie Down and Be Counted by Drew Austin
sari added 19d ago
Something I’ve noticed, however, is that exclusively using TikTok doesn’t mean I’m only exposed to TikTok-specific trends and culture. In fact, many of the dust-ups from other platforms still make their way onto my For You page. Rather than a standalone platform, as it was in its early days, TikTok has become the ocean into which—and out of which—t
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Keely Adler added 25d ago
- I see two divergent media futures emerging—each based on networks that serve very different groups.
In the first future, our networks serve the technologists who build them, the advertisers that pay for them, and the governments that control them. These networks compete for users in a war for attention by making systems that spit out superficially ... See morefrom The two futures of media
sari added 1mo ago
Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi
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when bob dylan sings, it feels like he’s singing for no one but himself. at least not trying to mold around his feelings / sayings so they’re pretty to others. he’s singing the things that hit on truth for him.
his strange rap song and the music video that goes along with it… is raw and even not super pleasant. but it has swagger. he’s saying random
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- McLuhan argued that, pushed to its limits, a medium flips or reverses its characteristics. Internet scale pushes information into disinformation, connection into loneliness, and desire into apathy.
Andreas Vlach added 1mo ago
“Our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” — Petrarch
Andreas Vlach added 1mo ago
