Great video, I can listen to this guy for hours. I think that a big problem with our country and the division we suffer is attributed to Social Media.
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The dangers of Social Media revealed
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The plague was bacterial, not viral. Bacteria on an agar plate will continue to multiply until the colony over runs the agar’s ability to maintain it, nutritionally. And the colony dies. Nothing self limiting there.
In the end, regardless of design, the user will always be the self limiting factor. How many of us have seen Facebook (as an example) for what it is and removed it from our lives?
In the end, regardless of design, the user will always be the self limiting factor. How many of us have seen Facebook (as an example) for what it is and removed it from our lives?
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Not sure how I missed this since December. I was just about to pop a new thread open to bitch about the virus known as Social Media, but this video essentially sums up my thoughts and feelings.
The sheer number of DEM and LIB contributions overwhelms anything the right could remotely throw at it, and it's all treated as truth blindly by the sheep.
The sheer number of DEM and LIB contributions overwhelms anything the right could remotely throw at it, and it's all treated as truth blindly by the sheep.
aint watched the video...but i agree, social media is a plague. the good news? most of the youth i know reject it. when is the last time you saw someone under 20 of facebook? they aint on there. twitter? they couldnt give a fuck less. some on snapchat...whatever the fuck that is. but that’ll die, too.
Soooo , aside from the fact that this site is full of people who share similar ideologies, how do any of you consider this (The "team room") to be different from other social media platforms?
And 75% of the voters in this country would consider an online forum of gun owners and ex-military personnel griping about the federal government to be exponentially more dangerous than Facebook or Twitter ?
And 75% of the voters in this country would consider an online forum of gun owners and ex-military personnel griping about the federal government to be exponentially more dangerous than Facebook or Twitter ?
I see where you are coming from, but let's begin.
Primarily because when bullshit gets spouted about here we quell that non-sense (outside of the Bear Pit and Maggies more so). Here is a subscribed genre - one came here for a targeted purpose. You get inundated with all sort of random bullshit on traditional social media that is generally false, or just not of any value. We have people that can remove said bullshit, or put and end to that person's ability to spout more of it. Control. We have control here.
Facebook and Twitter is filled with idiots that blindly believe whatever they are told, almost in a cliquish fashion. No control, no vetting. Blind, sheepish behavior of the masses. Monkey see, monkey do. People only talk about their utopian self on those platforms, meanwhile in the real world they are days away from possibly eating a model 29 sandwich. Everyone just wants to belong right?
Do you personally feel that you get value out of any SH forums? Compare that value to what you've learned from Facebook or Twitter other than how pretty some celebrities dress was in public. It's also become a bullhorn for corporate bullshit and marketing wank - yeah, my favorite.
Consider one "fun and misleading" and the other a "life skill", to a degree. Which title is associated with what is the key to the castle.
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False analogy.
While Frank would like their traffic numbers the info and opinions here aren't being piped to 2 billion people.
And as far as I have seen he hasn't pushed any ideology lean in that message.
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To make my stance clear: I would love to see all social media, video games, digital world bullshit go away. I.M.O the negatives of all of it far out way the benefits (call me an old curmudgeon). I was simply trying to point out the irony of bashing social media on what is essentially a social media platform.
To be fair, others can have their uses as well. It really is all in how you use it. I live in a fairly small community that has a private Facebook page. 75% of what people post is mindless drivel that makes me want to colonize Mars... alone.. However when neighbors post security cam video of meth heads are breaking into homes/cars in your area, it becomes useful. Seeing what crap you children's elementary school teachers chose to post is useful as well. (I slept like a baby when I saw my daughter's teacher posting pictures of herself at a pro Trump rally!)
The bullshit of other people's opinions or pictures of what they made for dinner can be blocked.
To be fair, others can have their uses as well. It really is all in how you use it. I live in a fairly small community that has a private Facebook page. 75% of what people post is mindless drivel that makes me want to colonize Mars... alone.. However when neighbors post security cam video of meth heads are breaking into homes/cars in your area, it becomes useful. Seeing what crap you children's elementary school teachers chose to post is useful as well. (I slept like a baby when I saw my daughter's teacher posting pictures of herself at a pro Trump rally!)
The bullshit of other people's opinions or pictures of what they made for dinner can be blocked.
Interesting points, however apples to oranges. Watch the video if you have not done so already. Yes, we are more like minded here but that is any topic focused forum. Yes, you get some radicals here just as everywhere else on the internet. I believe forums are much less harmless than the meme riddled distalation of truth propagated through Facebook or the micro thoughts voiced via Twitter. There is no “look how cool my vacation was” or “see how sexy my ass looks in this bikini” in a topic driven forum. Or at least there is not nearly as much.
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