myrmepropagandist on Nostr: It annoys me how people talk about using social media like it's a vice. And a ...
It annoys me how people talk about using social media like it's a vice. And a female-coded one at that.
"Spend less time on social media" is trotted out a virtuous in the same way that "not eating a pint of ice cream" is.
Imagine if in the early days of movable type, there were people going around saying "don't read pamphlets, they are full of misinformation"
Social media is the primary way news is decimated. It is superseding newspapers and TV as the primary vector of mass media. 1/
"Spend less time on social media" is trotted out a virtuous in the same way that "not eating a pint of ice cream" is.
Imagine if in the early days of movable type, there were people going around saying "don't read pamphlets, they are full of misinformation"
Social media is the primary way news is decimated. It is superseding newspapers and TV as the primary vector of mass media. 1/