Social media allows brainrot. There are other options that don't require going full attention whore and/or narcissist telling the whole world your daily life that few even ever ask about but that's where basically ever single platform has moved to because it generates money from idiots/normies and ads.
Look at the jokes that get made about how any country trying to ban a social media platform would have people complaining they can't spend all day on said platform. It's both tragic and pathetic that's how some people spend their lives and the world as a whole would be far better off without social media as it is.
The Internet was a mistake
Is how some put things, but in agreement with your point it does mean getting the signal out there is far easier so a more nuanced approach such as:
Social media was a mistake
could be better and very well solve one of the great filters of civilisation that prevent things turning out like Idiocracy.
Wouldn't be the worst idea.
Social media allows free speech to disseminate.
Social media allows brainrot. There are other options that don't require going full attention whore and/or narcissist telling the whole world your daily life that few even ever ask about but that's where basically ever single platform has moved to because it generates money from idiots/normies and ads.
Look at the jokes that get made about how any country trying to ban a social media platform would have people complaining they can't spend all day on said platform. It's both tragic and pathetic that's how some people spend their lives and the world as a whole would be far better off without social media as it is.
Is how some put things, but in agreement with your point it does mean getting the signal out there is far easier so a more nuanced approach such as:
could be better and very well solve one of the great filters of civilisation that prevent things turning out like Idiocracy.