[HN Gopher] Social media should be treated like the tobacco comp...
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Social media should be treated like the tobacco companies
Author : Enjaami
Score : 28 points
Date : 2021-08-22 18:25 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| Ecstatify wrote:
| I used to believe that social media was a huge issue in society,
| I'm not so sure anymore.
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| I recently listened to a Podcast with Andreessen Horowitz, he
| mentioned this twitter account https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc
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| "No one got upset when bicycles showed up. No one said, oh my
| God, we just ruined society." -
| https://twitter.com/i/status/1304134132709109761
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| We're quick to blame anything new for problems within our
| society.
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| He mentioned the point how Communism and Nazism spread without
| social media/internet. People seem to believe what ever their
| social groups believes so I'm not sure less "fake news" is going
| to solve that.
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| _fyi - I deleted my Facebook account for other reasons_
| foreigner wrote:
| But the tobacco companies are still going strong?
| foreigner wrote:
| IMO the problem is the "media" part of "social media". I wish
| there was an online platform where my friends and I could give
| each other text updates and pictures about what is going on in
| our personal lives, but you couldn't "share" news stories or
| articles. I don't want to get my news through social media.
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| Simply removing the "share" function and blocking copy & paste
| would go a long way.
| bitcoinmoney wrote:
| How much are you willing to pay for such service?
| frzj wrote:
| USD 5-10 a year
| bob229 wrote:
| They're worse than tobacco, they will destroy civilisation. Not
| that I'm really bothered, humanity is t worth preserving
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