This advance in tech is causing huge problems in Rural Ireland at the moment, especially for the elderly - not all parts of Rural Ireland have rural broadband because the Irish government abandoned the project just before Covid, yet they are forcing elderly people to go online to do everything they once did in person, banks and post offices being an obvious example, which as a consequence, the elderly in Rural Ireland are really suffering
I was commenting on another thread and ended up typing a thought that seemed more appropriate for this thread.
Your brain only remembers the last time you remembered something, not the actual occurrence (essentially everything is a copy). Social media is a mechanism to allow people to make interactions with far quicker speeds. We have the internet and social media, and everyone is connected at the tip of their finger, instant gratification in the most immediate form - looking at anything online is a form of knowledge for the brain. So, I think people became too comfortable, and realised they didn't have to remember everything in their brain, all they now had to do was remember how to look it up.
Essentially the internet and social media are somewhat replicating how brains works, but merging with technology. We are far more cyberpeople we think!
One of the main problems with the social media aspect, is the anonymity of a lot of it. I was always brought up to believe “if you have nothing good to say, don’t say anything at all” (part of the reason I don’t post on here that much) Where as a lot of social media works on the basis of, “if you have some absolute rubbish, often racist or deliberately offensive to say, do it anonymously on Twitter!”
If people had to sign up to an account with a real name, and prove their identity by providing proof of address etc, all the hate would disappear. I recently had my van sign written, and now my name and phone number is there for all to see, I drive a lot more safely and courteously.
I think as a society we are experiencing the X Factor, Big Brother, Love Island, YouTube effects, where seemingly nobodies can act like clowns for a few weeks and become Z list famous. Which still nets them a few million quid. Kids are so lazy these days because they think they can film themselves falling over a few times and, bang, rich and famous. The sad thing is they are partly correct.
I think it's easily one of the most awful. I remember when the internet seemed to consist of many websites, now most folk just go to a handful which spy on them all the time - Facebook etc. Massive amounts of censorship and political manipulation on them too.
It's like Pinnochio; where the boys were sent to 'Pleasure Island' where they were allowed to do Adult stuff; until they turned into Donkeys.
Yes - people blindly following a self-absorbed and narcissistic lifestyle and becoming part of the noisy herd - the individual gradually loses their own voice to become a slave to the system - a beast of burden - the donkey. Just like the world of Twitter.
It's like Pinnochio; where the boys were sent to 'Pleasure Island' where they were allowed to do Adult stuff; until they turned into Donkeys.
Facebook has turned our society into a Warzone. Divide and Conquer. A game of chess; where we are the pawns.
America has ALWAYS favoured Natural Selection; creating a game where they cannot lose. (like a bullied schoolboy playing 'games' with his siblings, where he wins all the time - my brother did that to me when we were young)
I believe social media is good when used properly for its original purpose, but unfortunately so many people abuse it.
The internet is useful, but also requires caution because there's just as much false or outdated data as there is true data. It's important to find out if the producer is actually qualified.
yeah with the banning of people based on views it becomes a massive echo chamber and it becomes dangerous to society because it promotes one view and creates such a echo chamber that a minority can suddenly be seen as the opinion of the entire nation and take over it when they are nowhere near a majority on opinion and no one wants what they want. social media perhaps needs to be more tightly regulated to stop this misrepresentation of people.
plus all the riots seem to be made bigger and promoted by social media.... we see social media is causing disruption on the streets and a break down of society and civilization.... it perhaps needs to be banned for the continuation of modern day civilization, i can see us collapsing into barbarism if it continues.
I have never understood social media. Never used it. I don't understand why anyone would want to know what I'm doing or thinking and I certainly don't care what anyone else is doing - not anyone I know and certainly not strangers or celebrities. I have never used Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or any of them. It's basically international gossip?
I hate how the news is now dominated by a Twitter echo chamber. So much of the "news" these days seems to be what person X said about topic Y on Twitter, and it allows a minority of the most insane people to determine the political agenda.
It took me a long time (and basically peer pressure) to create an account on Facebook.
Now, I feel that it's a good outlet for me to show off a carefully edited 'front'. (Not to say that it's a lie, just a presentation where I have the luxury of thinking carefully of what I want to show to the outside world - something that in 'live interactions' I often beat myself up for not being able to communicate the exact nuances that I really want to.)
I am quite blunt / brutal about not accepting friends who I haven't met, and blocking anything that gets on my nerves.
And in the absence of local friends and many meaningful in-person relationships, I think I would have awful problems without it.
