I haven’t read everyone’s replies. I haven’t read the thread. i will after i post this, but i just sort of want to throw this out to OP, my thoughts on social networks.
I don’t think there is a such thing as a better social network, as far as online communities go.
social networking online, has; as a whole, been a net negative for society. period, full stop.
there is an entire generation that is basically fucked, their sense of self worth is entirely externalized, tied to what other people think of them.
I think In the next 10-15 years suicide rates are going to fucking skyrocket because of “social networking” online.
i don’t think there is a such thing as a better social network, only less shitty or damaging.]
reading into op’s post…
cambridge analytica is irrelevant. the whole “russians manipulated us through social media to influence our elections” bullshit is irrelevant.
there is a much bigger problem.
Facebook,google,etc all of these advertising driven companies are merely side effects of one simple fact. Human beings are dumb fucking animals. We can be emotionally manipulated, because thats how we work.
the aforementioned companies/political entities leveraged that for profit and personal gain.
that is the downside of capitalism, where commandment #1 is fuck thy neighbor before they can fuck you. before you call me some commie/antifa/etc bullshit I’ll quote dave mustaine and just say “if theres a new way, i’ll be the first in line, but it better work this time”
a little insight from a 30 year old boomer, people need some sort of motivation, a purpose in life.
some people, want to make shitloads of money, because money matters and shitting on the poorfags keeps them in their place, some people want to travel the world and enjoy being a tourist getting a skin deep view of the world, and think basically all people are all the same because we all eat sleep shit and bleed and eventually die…
some people get all religious, etc, some people fight in nam and realize the world is a fucking scam man, its all bullshit to pad someone else’s wallet
in some way or another all these various people clutch to a nugget of truth.
the fact is, most likely, the shit that matters to you isn’t really all that important in the global sense, and only matters to you because its happening to you.
human beings don’t live that long, and we’re really shortsighted, despite the fact that we’re insanely goddamned powerful.
{drunken sidetrack} human beings are followed by beavers, and probably are slightly behind ants.
we don’t really follow evolution anymore. we dont adapt to our environment… we terraform that motherfucker to whatever makes our butthole tingle today.
beavers can build dams, change entire ecosystems, etc… we can fuck up entire planets if we’re feeling really shitty.
ants are only ahead of of us because they’re so fucking tiny, and instead of the internet they’ve got a hormone/pheromone hivemind instead of the interbutts
[sort of back to the point]
people wanna flex on other people on the internet. they want to feel important.
nobody posts pictures of their shitty underwear when they go out partying and winds up shitting themselves… they post vacation pictures on a beach somewhere.
social networking online is bad. Its basically jerking off in public.
stop it, let it die the horrible flaming port-o-potty death it deserves… don’t try to save it.
Social networking was a bad idea, move on. please.