To be honest I kinda feel like too many young people are wasting their time on it and not doing more constructive things with their time. Like seriously have you seen young people these days mindlessly scrolling on Instagram/Twitter and watching TikTok all day long? On top of that TikTok is most likely spyware.
sure, people always waste their time, but it used to be actual social interactions, which are actually helpful and constructive. the difference is that modern social media is designed and adjusted for maximized eyeball metrics. if you specifically design and develop an app to make the user more and more addicted to it, so you can profit from advertisement, it is your fault. considering everything else it does to you, such as impacted self-esteem, algorithmic exposure to controversial material, and trained quick gratification-seeking. it’s pretty damaging for society as a whole.
It is the same with all other social media. What is the difference between wasting your day in Reddit, wasting your day in Lemmy, wasting your day in DickCock, wasting your day in Twitter
To be honest I kinda feel like too many young people are wasting their time on it and not doing more constructive things with their time. Like seriously have you seen young people these days mindlessly scrolling on Instagram/Twitter and watching TikTok all day long? On top of that TikTok is most likely spyware.
I dunno 20 years ago the youth was wasting their time as well… It’s not like I like TikTok but I don’t think it’s their fault
sure, people always waste their time, but it used to be actual social interactions, which are actually helpful and constructive. the difference is that modern social media is designed and adjusted for maximized eyeball metrics. if you specifically design and develop an app to make the user more and more addicted to it, so you can profit from advertisement, it is your fault. considering everything else it does to you, such as impacted self-esteem, algorithmic exposure to controversial material, and trained quick gratification-seeking. it’s pretty damaging for society as a whole.
It is the same with all other social media. What is the difference between wasting your day in Reddit, wasting your day in Lemmy, wasting your day in DickCock, wasting your day in Twitter