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hunter

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1. Has "social media" itself been a positive force in our society?

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:46 PM

Nov 18

I'm not sure it has.

Facebook, the site formerly known as twitter, Bluesky, etc., simply don't exist in my personal universe.

DU itself borders on being too noisy for me.

It's possible I'm not a social person.

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Has "social media" itself been a positive force in our society? hunter Nov 18 #1

"Social" sites stopped being social when they introduced news feeds to further addict users. usonian Nov 18 #2

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