Re:Most Canadians believe Facebook harms their mental health
by uDontKnowMe on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:28PM
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It's interesting you call relationships on Reddit para-social, I don't know if that quite fits the word because Reddit is more of a two-way reciprocal relationship between commenters. Perhaps Twitter fits that description better since you get a lot of power users like Trump and other celebrities which broadcast out to their followers but don't typically respond to normies.
- Users get an intense, one-sided parasocial relationship but with no upside of even communicating directly with each other
- The hivemind effect is very real, and using Reddit often gives people a very false sense of superiority of their knowledge on any given topics
- Misinformation is rife. Even outside of the conspiracy hubs. It's amazing how many of the "front page" posts are often misleading or slanted
- Astroturfing and content farming is even more prevalent but with less moderation.