Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhen did the Internet come to reflect society? Or has society shaped the internet? Were we always distrusting mean and vindictive before the net? Are we really that bad?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down13
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhen did the Internet come to reflect society? Or has society shaped the internet? Were we always distrusting mean and vindictive before the net? Are we really that bad?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareCallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoI think we turned a corner in 2014-2015. That’s when Facebook really started embracing making people angry on purpose to keep them engaged. We aren’t just that bad, some of the most used social networks have been actively bringing out the worst in us for over a decade now.
I think we turned a corner in 2014-2015.
That’s when Facebook really started embracing making people angry on purpose to keep them engaged. We aren’t just that bad, some of the most used social networks have been actively bringing out the worst in us for over a decade now.