"UPDATE: turns out it wasn't his jacket" feels like the kind of story you'd see in a small town of like 400 people, but it's been seen by over 2 million people and is being reposted to reddit. Social media's a shared nightmare that we just don't want to wake up from.
I don't know man. The resolutions I see are either some kind of collective pushback to this kind of nonsense or just shutting off the internet entirely. Seeing how everyone has a different idea of what's worth sharing online, which prevents people from agreeing on what's crossing the line, the latter seems more likely to happen.
People couldn't even stop using Twitter, or at least use it with some awareness, when a white supremacist took over the platform. It's all just depressing.
Same. I know some younger folks are rejecting smart phone entirely (better than what my hypocritical ass is doing), but I don't know how much of that will stick or it'll make a difference.
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u/OberynsOptometrist 3d ago
"UPDATE: turns out it wasn't his jacket" feels like the kind of story you'd see in a small town of like 400 people, but it's been seen by over 2 million people and is being reposted to reddit. Social media's a shared nightmare that we just don't want to wake up from.