15 January 2018
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Pickled Possum
/ 15th January 2018Interesting read.
For those of us who use social media, we’ve all experienced the familiar “I’ll pop onto [insert platform of choice] for a minute, just to see what’s going on” and then realize, hours later, we’re still scrolling through our news feed, clicking the like icon or having our blood pressure rise by a troll’s diatribe or some other unpleasant post.
https://wakeup-world.com/2018/01/15/former-facebook-executives-warn-social-media-is-destroying-society/
PartisanZ
/ 15th January 2018A case of “far too many toys, better options” perhaps …?
NOEL
/ 15th January 2018Last paragraph says it all.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201404/7-ways-facebook-is-bad-your-mental-health
traveller
/ 15th January 2018Yep over FB. I’m now only going to use it for posting bulk photos to when I’m travelling. It’s largely inane
Gezza
/ 15th January 2018It was great when it first started up. Now it’s a commercialised, crowded junkyard.
sorethumb
/ 15th January 2018China Hates Our SJW Stars
Pete George
/ 15th January 2018