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The legacy of social media September 27, 2017 1:58 am mcfly

Social media (or as I think of it, anti-social media) didn’t *make* people stupid. It didn’t make people cruel. But it sure has revealed us as stupid and cruel.

When everyone has a voice, the ignorant are just as powerful as the wise, and the cruel just as loud as the kind. Democratized communication has led us to governance by the orchestrated greed and hate of the angry mob.

How is this good?

  • The fault lies, dear mcfly, lies not in our social media, but in ourselves by Robert 2017-09-28 12:37:59
    • Now that you bring it up.... by hank 2017-09-28 16:34:03
      • OMG, I had no idea Guthrie was so frickin' huge!! by mcfly 2017-09-30 17:57:45
        • *chuckle* by podrock 2017-09-30 18:05:53
          • I had to get close enough to read that decal on his guitar. by hank 2017-09-30 18:02:55
          • Son of Zone by Robert 2017-09-28 22:47:57
        • Look at it this way, mcfly. by hank 2017-09-27 06:59:12

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