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(NPR)   The Metaverse is a Metanothing. TikTok is about to become illegal. Elmo is burning Twitter to the ground. Is it the end of social media as we know it?   (npr.org) divider line
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    More: Scary, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter, social media companies, Facebook, Google, Elon Musk, new big bet, Social media  
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2121 clicks; posted to Main » on 23 Dec 2022 at 11:03 AM (13 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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spongeboob [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:22:34 AM  
Scary?
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:25:12 AM  

spongeboob: Scary?


To the last 2 generations raised on social media and those whose professional livelihood depends on it? Yes.
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 10:25:55 AM  
Is it the end of social media as we know it?

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arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:26:38 AM  
Scary? It isn't like you memaw and grampy weren't banging before the advent of even electric lights, nevermind phones with touch screens.

As an old I can attest to how much better people's attitudes are when they can put down the screen for awhile.
 
Driedsponge [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 10:28:49 AM  
It should be.  Social Media as it exists today is a societal cancer.

I don't even think we need to get rid of it all, but we definitely can't keep going with the same trajectory and expect anything to improve.
 
Noticeably F.A.T. [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:29:33 AM  
I feel fine.
 
arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:29:36 AM  

GardenWeasel: spongeboob: Scary?

To the last 2 generations raised on social media and those whose professional livelihood depends on it? Yes.


My kids aren't. And I'll wager more people are involved with standard business networking in I'll guess any single state over the average in population, than who work on social media software.
 
Mangoose [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:29:39 AM  
"Is it the end of social media as we know it?"

I've never really prayed for anything, but I think I'll pray for this
 
DarnoKonrad
2022-12-23 10:31:00 AM  
god I hope so, but it'd be nice if we passed some laws to make this shiat illegal.


If you can't effectively moderate a website with real human beings, it shouldn't farking exist.  This is easily the worst thing about the current iteration of the internet.  There is no algorithm that can set ethical standards.
 
arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:32:06 AM  

DarnoKonrad: god I hope so, but it'd be nice if we passed some laws to make this shiat illegal.


If you can't effectively moderate a website with real human beings, it shouldn't farking exist.  This is easily the worst thing about the current iteration of the internet.  There is no algorithm that can set ethical standards.


Owww my freeze peach!
 
TwoHead
2022-12-23 10:37:59 AM  
Only Fark will survive in the end. No one will know we are here or care, but we're stubborn bastages.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:39:57 AM  

arrogantbastich: GardenWeasel: spongeboob: Scary?

To the last 2 generations raised on social media and those whose professional livelihood depends on it? Yes.

My kids aren't. And I'll wager more people are involved with standard business networking in I'll guess any single state over the average in population, than who work on social media software.


I was thinking of ad/pr/marketing departments that revolve around social media.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:40:25 AM  

TwoHead: Only Fark will survive in the end. No one will know we are here or care, but we're stubborn bastages.


That will be the irony.
 
Weaver95
2022-12-23 10:43:39 AM  
Social media isn't the problem. The technology works as intended.
The problem is the same problem we have always had: in every human society and culture there will always arise someone without moral or ethical constraints that will decide to corrupt laws and topple government until they're in charge. These people will never deal in good faith, they will always lie and they absolutely believe that all their actions are absolutely necessary.

Social media platforms just amplify what's always been there, and now we can respond in real time instead of after the fact.
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 10:44:19 AM  
You'll get over it.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 10:50:53 AM  
We're not that lucky.
 
arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 10:55:38 AM  

GardenWeasel: arrogantbastich: GardenWeasel: spongeboob: Scary?

To the last 2 generations raised on social media and those whose professional livelihood depends on it? Yes.

My kids aren't. And I'll wager more people are involved with standard business networking in I'll guess any single state over the average in population, than who work on social media software.

I was thinking of ad/pr/marketing departments that revolve around social media.


The only industry I can think of that falls under that umbrella completely is social media itself. And if you rely on Facebook to find you a roofer, instead of asking your real life friends (gosh I want to think the people who use that has those) or God forbid you do what I did and just look around for houses with signs up and see what their work looks like... You get what weirdness you deserve.
 
spongeboob [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:04:07 AM  

GardenWeasel: arrogantbastich: GardenWeasel: spongeboob: Scary?

To the last 2 generations raised on social media and those whose professional livelihood depends on it? Yes.

My kids aren't. And I'll wager more people are involved with standard business networking in I'll guess any single state over the average in population, than who work on social media software.

I was thinking of ad/pr/marketing departments that revolve around social media.


Funniest thing to me is how easy it is to reach most companies on Facebook, except Facebook.
I've literally tried to contact them about a fake Facebook security fishing attempt and I could not find anywhere to contact them
 
pastramithemosterotic
2022-12-23 11:06:19 AM  
We should be so lucky
 
chitownmike
2022-12-23 11:08:23 AM  

spongeboob: Scary?


I feel fine
 
Solty Dog
2022-12-23 11:09:19 AM  
And the world will keep on turning. The fact is you don't need social media. That alone puts a shelf date on is viability .
 
whidbey
2022-12-23 11:09:20 AM  
LET THEM FIGHT.
 
E.S.Q.
2022-12-23 11:09:43 AM  
You're gonna love Meatspace v2.0
 
Schmerd1948 [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:09:54 AM  
We'll always have MySpace.
 
big pig peaches
2022-12-23 11:10:31 AM  

spongeboob: Scary?


Good.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 11:10:48 AM  
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Imaginativescreenname [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:11:13 AM  
To all I humbly and proudly say

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kkinnison [OhFark]
2022-12-23 11:11:50 AM  
Capitalism ruins social media.

Should be a public service. And regulated
 
aungen [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-23 11:13:08 AM  
Stopping by to say "I hope this is finally Over."
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:13:44 AM  
We can only hope.
 
awruk! [OhFark]
2022-12-23 11:13:53 AM  
Threatening me with good time, subby?
 
LordOfThePings [OhFark]
2022-12-23 11:14:11 AM  
Looking forward to the rise of antisocial media
 
chitownmike
2022-12-23 11:14:16 AM  

DarnoKonrad: god I hope so, but it'd be nice if we passed some laws to make this shiat illegal.


If you can't effectively moderate a website with real human beings, it shouldn't farking exist.  This is easily the worst thing about the current iteration of the internet.  There is no algorithm that can set ethical standards.


So what you are saying is you need everything spoon fed to you...
 
whatsupchuck [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:15:25 AM  
If it means that people will stop sitting on the only leg extension machine in the whole damn gym while staring at their stupid phones, I'm all for it.
 
Unsung_Hero
2022-12-23 11:16:28 AM  
Kids and bored housewives create a market.  So long as someone finds a way to make it profitable, there will be social media.
 
Tentacle
2022-12-23 11:17:05 AM  
I'm going back to using a rotary phone. And if your number has too many 8s and 9s, I'm not calling you.
 
cryptozoophiliac
2022-12-23 11:17:33 AM  
What is always the answer to a headline that is a question?
 
ArcadianRefugee
2022-12-23 11:18:54 AM  
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BitwiseShift
2022-12-23 11:20:04 AM  
Like many of those "issues" that go away, along with the attack ads, right after the campaign is over, social media should pop up again during election cycles.  Russians developed Telegram to deliver content with an eye to claiming it was secure.

You might wonder if it were cheaper just to buy profile data from Facebook.

You may wonder if mind readers actually existed would you even need the tools of social media to influence.  Actually, even if mind readers actually existed you would still need massive computers to handle all the data.
 
chitownmike
2022-12-23 11:20:37 AM  

Solty Dog: And the world will keep on turning. The fact is you don't need social media. That alone puts a shelf date on is viability .


Nobody needs Coca-Cola either, but...
 
groverpm
2022-12-23 11:20:40 AM  
Tumblr and Fark are the limits of my social media use.
 
Tyrone Slothrop [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:21:22 AM  
Don't threaten me with a good time.
 
chitownmike
2022-12-23 11:22:47 AM  

LordOfThePings: Looking forward to the rise of antisocial media


I think you have already found it
 
Thingster
2022-12-23 11:23:38 AM  
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chitownmike
2022-12-23 11:24:57 AM  

whatsupchuck: If it means that people will stop sitting on the only leg extension machine in the whole damn gym while staring at their stupid phones, I'm all for it.

...posted from the bench press
 
Tyrone Slothrop [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:25:12 AM  

cryptozoophiliac: What is always the answer to a headline that is a question?


Yeah, but it's still nice to think about.
 
buravirgil
2022-12-23 11:29:35 AM  
Sosh Meeds

TikTok moves a lot of advertising money. Any and all markets adjust, but for a quarter, compounded by Twitter, the disruption is challenging to estimate and control.
 
BizarreMan [TotalFark]
2022-12-23 11:29:40 AM  

LordOfThePings: Looking forward to the rise of antisocial media


Welcome to Fark.
 
Fista-Phobia
2022-12-23 11:29:44 AM  
No. It has matasticized into shorts featuring audio about swag and Ohio.

Lil B - Swag Like Ohio (Audio)
Youtube ZgymWemivLQ
 
trippdogg
2022-12-23 11:30:14 AM  
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