Social Media Endangers Knowledge

Re:Social Media Endangers Knowledge by ddmma on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:52AM (#15532760)

With all do respect there is no surprise (level of intellect and human sensitivity) that Mr. Trump is also president... because of social media.

Almost nobody reads what they share and get only the title based on the sheep following model.

Social media became a sense of belonging and replaces analog socializing.. we became more and more shallow and incapable of solving simple tasks while we delegate to externals, either a machine or other app, simple life tasks.

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Re:Social Media Endangers Knowledge by siissussjskk on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:06AM (#15532865)

I'd be careful characterizing Trump as only being elected because of social media. Not everyone who disagrees with you are idiots. Misplaced hope and conscious bias against the "other" (aka non-whites; women) are as much factors to his success as memes. It's a fundamental problem (if you believe it's a problem) that will never be tackled if it's characterized as outright stupidity.

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