Ok. There probably do need to be some sort of child-guard options for social media. And then the parents need to USE them. And then the kids need to figure out how to get AROUND them. And then there need to be better ones. Which the parents have to figure out how to use. So the kids can find a work-around. So …
Nowaday, tweens seem so sensitive about acceptance that they allow weight to comments by totally unknown posters — people who aren’t even in the same state or possibly the same country, but who seem to think that slamming is fun. To those fully immersed in the medium, every negative comment is taken personally to the extent that one will go so far as to consider drastic action, even suicide. If that is considered a benefit in the digital evolution, then I pass.
I have no issue with what people post on social media. I do have issue with people who believe what they read there.
Social media should be like a bottle of medication; it should come with a warning label.
Shake well before using and keep out of the reach of children. Caution: side effects include, delusion, loss of critical thinking, loss of sleep, irritability, inflated sense of ego, paranoia, depression, suicidal thoughts and an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
Unfortunately, there isn’t enough tin foil to make a hat sufficient to protect you from these things.
Historians in some distant future (if there is any) will wonder about this social experiment that went awry. How normally sane people became gullible mobs leading to the destruction of society.
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Ok. There probably do need to be some sort of child-guard options for social media. And then the parents need to USE them. And then the kids need to figure out how to get AROUND them. And then there need to be better ones. Which the parents have to figure out how to use. So the kids can find a work-around. So …
sandpiper over 2 years ago
Nowaday, tweens seem so sensitive about acceptance that they allow weight to comments by totally unknown posters — people who aren’t even in the same state or possibly the same country, but who seem to think that slamming is fun. To those fully immersed in the medium, every negative comment is taken personally to the extent that one will go so far as to consider drastic action, even suicide. If that is considered a benefit in the digital evolution, then I pass.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 2 years ago
Only the Shadow knows…Everything!
dflak over 2 years ago
I have no issue with what people post on social media. I do have issue with people who believe what they read there.
Social media should be like a bottle of medication; it should come with a warning label.
Shake well before using and keep out of the reach of children. Caution: side effects include, delusion, loss of critical thinking, loss of sleep, irritability, inflated sense of ego, paranoia, depression, suicidal thoughts and an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
Unfortunately, there isn’t enough tin foil to make a hat sufficient to protect you from these things.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 2 years ago
Historians in some distant future (if there is any) will wonder about this social experiment that went awry. How normally sane people became gullible mobs leading to the destruction of society.
Bendarling1 over 2 years ago
Congress is helping children? How?
ferddo over 2 years ago
Puts a new perspective upon your personal data floating on the dark web…
B 8671 over 2 years ago
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
Run my son, run for you life!
tee929 over 2 years ago
Maybe it is time to change it to “unsocial or anti-social media”…..