"The dark psychology of social networks'

[Nearly Sane]

This is a  subject, I have been banging on about for some time


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/

[Roses]

This is a  subject, I have been banging on about for some time


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/

An interesting article, which gives one food for thought.

[jeremyp]

This is a  subject, I have been banging on about for some time

On social media?

[Nearly Sane]

On social media?

and elsewhere but indeed I have often noted the irony. I remember having a discussion on here with Shaker, missed, about whether this site was part of social media. Shaker thought it wasn't but always has seemed to me to be so.

[Roses]

I should have added Shaker to my list of members who haven't posted for a while.

The addiction to mobile phones is rather worrying now, why is it kids in particular, but many adults too, appear to be surgically attached to the things? Our three girls, who are in their 40s, are never without theirs, which irritates their senile old Mum!    How on earth did we manage in the olden days before the advent of computers, the Internet and mobile phones? Somehow we managed to survive without them. However, I have to admit, that whilst mobile phones are not my favourite modern invention, I wouldn't be without my laptop and Kindle. I do have an ipad too but find them hard to use.

[Nearly Sane]

I should have added Shaker to my list of members who haven't posted for a while.

The addiction to mobile phones is rather worrying now, why is it kids in particular, but many adults too, appear to be surgically attached to the things? Our three girls, who are in their 40s, are never without theirs, which irritates their senile old Mum!    How on earth did we manage in the olden days before the advent of computers, the Internet and mobile phones? Somehow we managed to survive without them. However, I have to admit, that whilst mobile phones are not my favourite modern invention, I wouldn't be without my laptop and Kindle. I do have an ipad too but find them hard to use.

I think that our use of devices will continue apace and in the main I don't find that worrying. I too am never without a kindle and while it has changed in some way my consumption of books and other media, it's not in my opinion changed me that much. Social media seems to have a greater impact because it's immersive and socialized.

[Roses]

I think that our use of devices will continue apace and in the main I don't find that worrying. I too am never without a kindle and while it has changed in some way my consumption of books and other media, it's not in my opinion changed me that much. Social media seems to have a greater impact because it's immersive and socialized.

When I first started using the Internet and joining forums in the late 90s I was much more naïve than I am now. As I have mentioned before, I was taken for a ride by an American woman on a Christian forum, whose tale of woe touched the old heart strings and I parted with nearly £1000 in American dollars. I later discovered that other posters had also sent her money, but it later transpired she was a con merchant. Nowadays I am more circumspect, and much less trusting.

[Udayana]

This is a  subject, I have been banging on about for some time


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/

Yes. We're not in Kansas anymore but Marshall McLuhan's global village. And, have really not gone on the right path in managing it appropriately.

[Nearly Sane]

Yes. We're not in Kansas anymore but Marshall McLuhan's global village. And, have really not gone on the right path in managing it appropriately.

One of the times I was banging on about this on the forum I mentioned McLuhan

http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=13654.msg667060#msg667060

[Udayana]

and elsewhere but indeed I have often noted the irony. I remember having a discussion on here with Shaker, missed, about whether this site was part of social media. Shaker thought it wasn't but always has seemed to me to be so.

It is, but rather a brackish backwater.

The BBC original BBC Messageboards would now be regarded as (UK) social media similar to Twitter or Reddit - they were aborted because of the problems of regulation and moderation that fb and Twitter etc. are also failing to address (in their own, different way)

[Udayana]

One of the times I was banging on about this on the forum I mentioned McLuhan

http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=13654.msg667060#msg667060

Yes, good points on that thread.

[Nearly Sane]

It is, but rather a brackish backwater.

The BBC original BBC Messageboards would now be regarded as (UK) social media similar to Twitter or Reddit - they were aborted because of the problems of regulation and moderation that fb and Twitter etc. are also failing to address (in their own, different way)

I was always amazed the BBC boards lasted as long as they did because of that clash.

[jeremyp]

I was always amazed the BBC boards lasted as long as they did because of that clash.

The BBC boards would have been fine if they had been prepared to put the required moderation resources into them. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), the BBC decided that the money would be better spent elsewhere. I don't blame them.

[Roses]

In retrospect it was probably not a good idea for the Beeb to have message boards, even if they were the first ones on which I posted.

[jeremyp]

In retrospect it was probably not a good idea for the Beeb to have message boards, even if they were the first ones on which I posted.

Me too. My first post was on the literature board in the wake of the BBC's 100 Great Reads series. I said the Lord of the Rings was overrated. That was also my first experience of online flaming.

[Harrowby Hall]

And my first posts were on the BBC Womans Hour board.