what is Social Media doing to us?

If Darwin published his theory of natural selection today, the tweet announcing it would be deprioritized because it contained a link, and instead Twitter would show you wisecracks that fit in 280 characters.

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.

Yeah, @Jack is right https://t.co/sIhNIE3QXV

Who are you really writing for?

Head of Facebook App: "Building the Discovery Engine" April 27, 2022

You’re distracted by your potential distribution.

so @julesterpak articulated this on her tiktok (linked below) Social media's positivity/toxicity is inherently about user intent. There's a huge difference between: a) posting to get a reaction b) archiving a memory that you're comfortable sharing b) is far healthier

The TikTok War: Why High School & College Kids Are Getting The Wrong Information about Hamas & Israel I spent the weekend trying to reverse engineer the TikTok algorithm, as I am convinced this is the reason we're losing the information war with high school & college students. Show more

Part of the reason social media has felt even more “flattening” to one’s identity Is because social media has shown its benefit towards economic mobility You can’t sell 50 things. You gotta sell 1, really well. And when that “widget” is the self -> you gotta package it neatly

You have permission to kill me if I ever end a tweet with: “If you liked this, follow me for more content like this.”