They're pretty much vitriol factories.
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Not pictured- "I see you didn't join in the hate mob against one of yellow squares popular figures. It would be a shame if someone were to accuse you of being a bigot."
Also not pictured- "You must disown your friends and/or family."
"Why?"
"Because 8 years ago they liked a tweet by someone who once watched a popular YouTuber who was a guest on a podcast where someone else said something that could be interpreted as pro-red diamond."
Also not pictured- "You must disown your friends and/or family."
"Why?"
"Because 8 years ago they liked a tweet by someone who once watched a popular YouTuber who was a guest on a podcast where someone else said something that could be interpreted as pro-red diamond."
HAHA!
The echo chambers and tribalism of social media are a dangerous place, especially when they preach diversity but have none of it themselves.
If joining a group of any sort comes with blocklists and predetermined hate towards entire other groups of people without without seeing or meeting said people and making up your own mind, it is a toxic place to be.
This is why I left all social media back around 2007-2008. My life got so much better and less depressing. It is better to just stay in contact with close friends than it is to try and satisfy the "twitterati" or facebook crowds.
The echo chambers and tribalism of social media are a dangerous place, especially when they preach diversity but have none of it themselves.
If joining a group of any sort comes with blocklists and predetermined hate towards entire other groups of people without without seeing or meeting said people and making up your own mind, it is a toxic place to be.
This is why I left all social media back around 2007-2008. My life got so much better and less depressing. It is better to just stay in contact with close friends than it is to try and satisfy the "twitterati" or facebook crowds.
I find a lot of groups these days are about hating someone else under the disguise as supporting another.
"You agreed with a point they made?! EXCOMMUNICATION!" It's literally the dark ages Catholics.
(Ironically studies show twitter/facebook followers are much more miserable.)
"You agreed with a point they made?! EXCOMMUNICATION!" It's literally the dark ages Catholics.
(Ironically studies show twitter/facebook followers are much more miserable.)
I only use Facebook, and only for a few groups devoted to oddball subject matter I like. Say, pipe organs. And even in a group dedicated to discussing, say, one particular organ-builder that's been out of business since before WWII, there's an awful lot of current-day politics that creeps in. Or sometimes floods in. I'm glad I'm wary of wider social media.
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