Re:Teens who refuse to use social media
by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @06:18AM
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It's a reflection of the worst attitudes rather than the best.
The claim that socially media don't select and filter is nonsense. Of course they do. They're a huge part of a social feedback loop that selects and reinforces the most average "popular" behaviours, while filtering out more challenging high-effort social edge cases.
IMO the edge cases are where all the interesting things happen, so keeping them out of the public eye is a form of censorship itself.
The claim that socially media don't select and filter is nonsense. Of course they do. They're a huge part of a social feedback loop that selects and reinforces the most average "popular" behaviours, while filtering out more challenging high-effort social edge cases.
IMO the edge cases are where all the interesting things happen, so keeping them out of the public eye is a form of censorship itself.