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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I watched it last night. It was OK. It didn't really tell us anything we don't already know and have seen a ton of messaging on, to be honest.
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You knew about a precipitous increase in suicides among youth that correlates directly with the appearance of social media apps on smartphones?
Because I didn’t.
I stopped using Facebook and Twitter about four months ago. The physiological responses are extremely similar to quitting smoking, drinking or weed. I poke my head back in from time to time, and what do I see?
The same people having the same conversations about the same issues. It never changes.
I unfollowed 100 people to try and restore some order to my twitter feed - all that happened was the people I Continued to follow retweeted all those other people and liked all their stuff, so it’s like they never left.
These services are addictive, and they are drugs. I think there’s a very strong case to be made that social media sites are not to be used by minors. They seem to be quite literally killing children at alarming rate.
The question for me becomes this: if social media is a drug, is it
A) A drug you have a handle on.
B) A drug that you’re abusing.
C) A drug that is ruining your life.
D) A drug you want no part of.
D, final answer.