The legacy of social media

mcfly — 9/27/2017 8:58:07 AM (archived)

Social media (or as I think of it, anti-social media) didn't *make* people stupid. It didn't make people cruel. But it sure has revealed us as stupid and cruel.

When everyone has a voice, the ignorant are just as powerful as the wise, and the cruel just as loud as the kind. Democratized communication has led us to governance by the orchestrated greed and hate of the angry mob.

How is this good?

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The legacy of social media - mcfly - 9/27/2017 8:58:07 AM
- The fault lies, dear mcfly, lies not in our social media, but in ourselves - Robert - 9/28/2017 7:37:59 PM
  - Now that you bring it up.... - hank - 9/28/2017 11:34:03 PM
    - OMG, I had no idea Guthrie was so frickin' huge!! - mcfly - 10/1/2017 12:57:45 AM
      - *chuckle* - podrock - 10/1/2017 1:05:53 AM
      - I had to get close enough to read that decal on his guitar. - hank - 10/1/2017 1:02:55 AM
    - Son of Zone - Robert - 9/29/2017 5:47:57 AM
- Look at it this way, mcfly. - hank - 9/27/2017 1:59:12 PM

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