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We should not have social media at all. It's too big to be controlled. TikTok should be shut down, and the social features of other platforms should be trimmed so that algorithms are crippled to the point where trends cannot easily happen.

msgodel · 16h ago

I've personally come to the conclusion that most of these artificial cybernetics are just really bad with almost no upside.

I listened to part of one of the recent court hearings with Google the other year and their lawyer complained that if they had to get rid of this stuff they'd "just be a directory which isn't what anyone wants." The judge agreed without any thought which I thought was terrible. That's exactly what most people want! Google just doesn't want that because it's easier to make people impressionable with feeds.

vouaobrasil · 16h ago

That is true. I think there is a huge difference between what people want and what people will do their best to find an upside to and adapt to. People will adapt and use social networks because of the prisoner's dilemma, but everyone wants a world where there is less social media, just like everyone (hopefully) would like a world without nuclear weapons but no one wants to disarm.

msgodel · 15h ago

I really think people overestimate nuclear weapons and they're fine to keep around. They should probably be used more often actually.

vouaobrasil · 14h ago

Used? I think that would be seriously a bad thing...

foxglacier · 16h ago

It's hard to blame a TikTok trend for this when it apparently killed only one person and kids have been huffing chemicals since forever. In my day, it was whipped cream. There'll be a warning on the can like "intentional misuse by deliberately inhaling the contents can be fatal." but I suppose you could be forgiven for thinking it's just harmless air.

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