• Angry_Autist@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Social media isn’t the problem Friendster used to exist and it was fine

    The problem is putting the internet on a smartphone, because that meant that any idiot could get online now

    And now the internet is 99.99% idiots

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 days ago

      I honestly blame corporations rather than the availability to idiots.

      Back in the Wild West internet days, things existed simply because people thought they were funny or hilarious, now things only exist if they garner some clout or can generate ad revenue. I don’t know how much of that is an inherently human trait, but I feel like society wasn’t so super-focused on personal success and self-image/confidence as it has been the past maybe 8 years. Or it was and I never noticed until then.

      Edit: thinking more about it, availability might be a contributing factor to this, so you’re probably not wrong.

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        3 days ago

        It’s availability mixed with profitability. It’s never just one single factor. If it was just availability that changed, it wouldn’t be as significant an issue as it is.