The collective freakout about kids and social media has reached a tipping point.
  • @schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOP
    4•2 months ago

    I mean I agree with that in principle, but: before the Internet, of course big corporations influenced kids and adults! Before the internet only big corporations had the resources and practical ability to distribute any information to a lot of people.

    The promise of the internet was that we would have a society where we could all have a say and the flow of information would be democratized. You are right that, because of “algorithms”, that promise hasn’t really been fulfilled.

    • @t3rmit3@beehaw.org
      3•2 months ago

      I’m not anti-internet at all, I’m all for the internet; I just think it’s best when it’s by and for individuals.

      If I had my way, I’d ban corporations from operating anything online but digital storefronts. :P

      • @schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOP
        4•2 months ago

        I certainly agree that the Internet should be by and for individuals; whether we can in the long term do completely without corporations, I am not sure, but the current “algorithmic curation” is definitely a problem.