Yes, social media is undermining democracy

Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by kjkjadksj on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:09PM (#32266291)

The idea that everyone has a voice is false on social media. The people whose posts tend to trend in culture are often not random people but established players offering an already entrenched perspective.

I would have agreed with your view 25 years ago, when everyone was making blogs instead of instagram profiles. But today what you assume is organic discussion on social media is entirely artificial, designed to limit the shades of acceptable opinion amongst the public in a manner not much different than old media has done (deferring to authority, pundits, established known variables).

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by elliekelly on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:16PM (#32268923)

This is a really interesting point. We’ve bought into the “American Dream” of social media— as long as what you’re saying is “good” enough or “interesting” enough, you too, can go viral. But the reality is the success is not nearly as organic as it seems.

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