what is Social Media doing to us?

Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.

Who Can It Be Now — Real Life

So, I believe we have some personal agency. But I also believe that a 12-year-old’s mind is no match for a giant corporation using the most advanced AI to manipulate her behavior. Gen Z were the guinea pigs in this uncontrolled global social experiment. We were the first to have our vulnerabilities and insecurities fed into a machine that magnified... See more

Freya India • Algorithms Hijacked My Generation. I Fear For Gen Alpha.

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what these continuous streams of content do is prevent you from taking a second to pause, reflect on who you really are, and realize where you are headed.

Dirt | Substack

Dirt dirt.substack.com

Opinion | If I Get Canceled, Let Them Eat Me Alive (Published 2022)

New York Times nytimes.com

Brian Sholis

How the Sausage Gets Made: Digital Marketing & Attribution

Sam Blumenthal compoundingthoughts.substack.com

Sam Blumenthal

CONFIDENTIAL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED NOT FOR CIRCULATION/COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF ONLY

Mark Zuckerberg sriramk.com

Yaro Celis

The lost infrastructure of social media. - Anil Dash

Anil Dash anildash.com

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I believe that we can build something that offers people a chance to participate in these new types of experiences, punctuated by silence and other opportunities for reflection. And they must be offered—because they no longer emerge naturally in the world that we live in. In other words, people don’t naturally fall into them or opt-in to them. They... See more

Luke Burgis • The Case for Silence

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the case for calmer social spaces