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Or maybe even the worst thing to happen? I think so. The truth is that I'm getting tired of GAG, and this is the only such site that I use. I don't use Facebook, Twitter, Instagramme, Reddit or any other such "service". I tried out Facebook for a while, because I wanted to find out what had happened to the people I went to secondary school with, but as soon as I did (and downloaded a few school photos) I closed down my account there.
For the most part social media can be a huge waste of time also it can be very toxic. It is brought out the narcissistic qualities and people as they now want to be a tick tock star and video record other people's misfortunes or them doing crimes as they do Facebook live as they beat up somebody or kill somebody it's just crazy. I'm going to say the biggest culprit is the smartphone itself. If people did not have the internet at the fingertips at all times it would be better if they would have just kept the internet to computers only desktops or laptops I honestly think that would make a big difference so someone would have to either be a home or a library or remember internet cafes... Remember those I miss those days they were better times. So my solution is, go back to like the late 90s before smartphones go back to internet on computers only still have a cell phone but like a brick or a flip phone. And no texting phone calls only on the cell phone, make people actually talk to each other and not the texting insanity. Save a lot of lies with car accidents also the no More death by selfies. Get a GPS for directions or buy a paper map there you go that would solve a lot and improve things dramatically.
I couldn't agree more. It's essentially just a waste of our time, when we could be doing more productive things, such as reading books, spending more time with your loved ones, watching a movie/show/series, volunteering at an animal shelter, or some organization, taking a new class in something, or getting a new hobby. Not to mention the amount of toxic people that you come across on a daily basis that will attack you, if you happen to disagree with them on something, even if your comment was polite and inoffensive and have never learned how to have a civil dialogue/conversation with anyone. Honestly some of the stuff I read online, make me lose my faith on humanity and want to withdraw to myself. I had no idea people can be that shallow, unempathetic and ruthless.
TikTok is even worse than Gag, as it's a huge echo-chamber. I once made a comment today under a TikTok video, it wasn’t the same opinion as everyone else’s but I assure you it was innocent. I don’t post mean or provoking comments. What i was shocked about was how quick I got a response from the OP telling me I’m wrong and that nobody cares about my thoughts. Like it was just a thought, I can’t even say it was an opinion because I didn’t even feel that strongly about it lmao. I can’t imagine how much useless information and negativity people consume from there on a daily basis.
There were far less kids committing suicide before social media allowed online bullying. I had never even heard of girls/boys committing suicide in all my years of schooling until social media came out. Also, far less deaths due to Tik Tok or people trying to get selfies in dangerous places.
I'm against social media when it comes to cyber bullying etc because it's hurting people that weren't asking to be hurt. The selfies thing on the other hand, that's fine to me. It's interesting and it's cool to see the crazy places people manage to get to for the sake of a selfie and a crazy memory. The only people getting hurt/killed are the ones who are deliberately putting themselves in a dangerous situation so it's their own fault.
I was going round and round with a 23-year-old they just don't want to see it and admit it they was trying to say there's no proof of there's it's worse now than before they just said you can only see it more now because of technology but they think it was always this bad. I was like yep today's generation don't like facts and reality. Maybe pride prevents them from acknowledging they are the worst generation
There is for sure negativity associated with “social media” with increased rates of anxiety, depression, and poor self-esteem, particularly among teenagers and young adults including cyberbullying and harassment. Then you also have rapid spread of misinformation and fake news, which can influence public opinion and disrupt democratic processes. However, I have the opinion of it being more positive, with its unique ability to connect people across the globe, help maintain relationships and foster communities around common interests that would otherwise be impossible. The platforms can enable users to raise awareness about various issues and influence social change. It can also provide access to a broad range of information and educational resources that are not easily accessible elsewhere. There is obviously more that can be done to address the issues but in general I love social media apps and the futuristic potential is huge.
Yes, it can bring people closer to one common goal or raise awareness of what is happening in some parts of the world due to weather, war, religion etc. Also influencing people about climate change or that united nation needs to be reformed or that community building is needed to enhance that area... etc.
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m On paper it’s a brilliant thing, then you factor in that humans are arseholes and great at breaking things. It breeds a new levels of bullying, new avenues to abuse others. You just need a week on gag to see how fucked up people are.
Social media gives people who really should not be given one a voice to attack others, to promote conspiracy theories, fake news, abuse of others.
it directly influences people self harming, even committing suicide.
there are some positives, it does allow people to socialise on a global scale but also allows all the negatives on a global scale.
I suppose so it’s like
the old wives spun their tales and gossip girls gave their gab
Essentially I’m saying it’s made for children it promotes “socializing,” and I don’t see how that works towards real world problems and solving issues.
It’s just a bunch of drama. A virtual adult family table near Thanksgiving time. It’s the kardashians personified. It’s everything wrong.
Its been used for good and it’s enjoyed by some sentimentalists and social butterfly’s but it’s just not the same as in person for those who want and those need that kind of encounter.
Social media wasn’t a solution to anything. It’s wasn’t something practical. It’s just a megaphone and amp for the crazy conversations that insults others. It’s just like family bickering but 10x worse.
Nope it saved my life and I mean literally.
It's just simply how you use it.
The funny thing I always see as a point for why it's bad 'it's made people like this' when no, no it hasn't at all people were always like that smh.
You really think people weren't anxious of their looks in the 80s?
You really think people didn't pull pranks or bully in the 80s?
You really think people never used social status in the 80s?
But ya know people want something to blame for the reason why humans are animals and act like it, rather than the obvious fact we are just animals.
@RetroReviews Yah I am sure nobody ever looked at a mag while driving and did not at all do other distracting things back then while driving not at all.
I bet even so far in the past of using horses people still found something dumb to do while riding one. Because humans just do what we've always done just in different ways.
Yes humans have done stupid things throughout the centuries the difference now is the numbers is just astronomical compared to years ago because with the technology explosion , everything is on turbo speed including stupidity. Numbers don't lie so yes there's always been stupid things done by humans you would hear about things here and there but today it's like all day everyday all the time Non-Stop. So it's like everything is just speeding up including the stupidity
@RetroReviews? You think it’s cell phones and social medias fault that people are dumbasses and decide to pay more attention to their phone than the road? That shows the lack of discipline and character of the person. That’s not social medias fault.
@Dinklex3 I know numbers and statistics the data speaks for itself. Since the smartphones exploded onto the scene mental sickness is up, depression anxiety is up suicide is up. Death by selfie is a thing, people are killed by distracted driving like texting now more than drunk drivers. So in the end the devices and the social media platforms themselves are not to blame. Really it's the government of the world the people that are running the show and calling the shots because they know humans have no self-control overall so they knew that if they would give humans these things a lot of bad things is going to happen. But they did it anyway it's probably cuz that's what they want they want the population to come down. Not to mention smartphones internet and social media combined make great distractions so that way people aren't so paying attention to all the crap the government's doing. It's like never mind what we're doing just go back to playing Candy crush on your phone or Facebook or Instagram and your sports and your pets and there you go
@RetroReviews Are trying to equate numbers we only know thanks to how easily we can record it now to the past?
Do you not see the clear flaw there? Realistically we can't know as much as we did because we didn't have such reliable data. So it's of course by today standards of recording going to appear more.
And if you really going into it are we going to start talk about wars and religious killings and all that other dark stuff in history that was very common and more common back then. Even Putin don't compare to the crusades or Khan.
Your now blaming the government but last I checked this kinda all happened without government no? Or are you one who thinks without government we are more civilized somehow? Just another thing you are blaming when people have always been this way.
Wish we have time windows so you could see what it was like back then without governments we have today.
Oh my... Like anything in life there are pros and cons yes I realize there are some benefits of today's technology I'm looking at a big picture. With the technology today we have also created problems for ourselves. Yes you can find out things quicker now because of the internet. But death by selfie was not a thing until the smartphones became a thing. We've had drunk drivers for years so now we still have drunk drivers but also we have texting drivers that kill people so we've created an additional problem do you see what I'm saying? And we need government or else you have anarchy or just total chaos there has to be law and order.
@RetroReviews Death by selfie was a thing it was just called do it in front of people. You don't think people have killed themselves dumbly showing off in front of people? of course they did don't matter no one took a photo.
It's not additional problem them people would do that anyway with another thing it's very simple. It's just another way to do what they would already do.
We don't need government so that's another false point. Government is better like I said but you don't need it we lived ages without it and survived to the point we have it and we created such laws and governments based on already past beliefs almost like we were the same. Funny that.
Like I said earlier people did dumb things in the past throughout the centuries okay but it was here and there, it was not as often today because of the technology mainly the internet and smartphones the stupidity has literally skyrocketed off the charts! I feel like Chris Tucker in rush hour to Jackie Chan do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? https://youtube. com/shorts/KWImdGiND6A? si=MUarwpzaM3ve1Vt6
@RetroReviews Again you literally have no idea how much it was back then because guess what it wasn't caught and recorded on a phone. You can't equate those two things.
I see it more must mean it happens more right! It's more publicly talk about and easier to see online must happen more right? News talks about it more! Must be more right?
No that's your personal confirmation bias.
But blame whatever you want if it makes you feel better.
But anyone who knows and understands anything about humans we've just done what we've always done like any animal, all we do is just do it in different ways.
That's where you show your stupidity my friend I'm talking about clinical studies information gathered reports. it's about data okay studies show mental health issues have increased in recent years BECAUSE more people are checking into a mental health facility saying I'm suffering from this please help me. Nothing to do with recording stupidity on cell phones. Suicide rates are up. So in the 80s and '90s we had drunk drivers killing people today we still have drunk drivers killing people and also people texting on their phones killing people so it's an additional problem that we've created For ourselves so. So when the Bible says in the last days that we will be inventors of evil meaning we will come up with new ways to do it so you can try to spin it however you want. But the data shows more people suffer from mental health issues than they did in the past more people are killing themselves today than they did in the past. There I try to make it a simple for you as possible
@RetroReviews No this is where you show lack of any history in your veins. You do know historically what happened to people with mental issues in the past right?
Do you think they were treated nice and open to studies done that proved there was less back then?
I am sure back then yeah someone could just walk into a mental health facility that totally existed and just they offered them a nice cup of tea and helped them. It's not like they would murder said person, torture them, make circus's, call them witches, say they possessed by a demon nah that never happened.
So yeah I really do wonder why more people check into nice facility's to get help now that's a massive mystery.
And once again you go around in a circle talking about data that again has no measurement compared to the past as it didn't exist. I am not saying this point again either you get it or you don't.
And now your talking about the bible so well good luck with your beliefs but I'll stick to historical facts thank you.
Today's transgender generation doesn't like facts and data they don't like reality they want to live a fantasy so it's like wasting my breath like talking to a wall but. good day to you sir
Today's transgender generation does not want to accept reality they don't want to accept hard data, facts. Like the fact that mental health facilities have a lot more clients now than they ever have in the past I don't know what why you can't get that through your brain. You want to try to spend a word salad but deny the cold hard facts that stares you in the face. This will be my last message to you cuz it's like talking to a 🧱 and yes transgender people have a mental sickness whatever you are born that's what you are. Male or female, so yes there's only two genders. Anything else is self delusion and deception
@RetroReviews World salad is the guy who's just started randomly talking about trans and blaming them now. But all this is just actually proving my point.
"The funny thing I always see as a point for why it's bad 'it's made people like this' when no, no it hasn't at all people were always like that smh."
Thanks for proving me right I appreciate it.
Yawn
@RetroReviews Thought you weren't going to reply again? So you also lie not surprised.
No, lol.
I got rid of it for a while, simply because I was going through stuff. I sometimes used to disconnect my cell service too. I only did that for me time though, didn’t have any changes to my life.
It helps with keeping in touch with friends and family especially. I rarely used to talk to my mom as a kid when she was deployed or out of the country. Now with social media we can use FB messenger, Instagram messenger, & see pics of our loved ones. When in Alaska I joined a couple of Facebook groups too (neighborhood, lemon lots) which really helped when it came to bears and moose in certain areas & when people were giving away their stuff. Social media really helps with communication. If you use it for shitty things, then yeah it can be bad for you lol. If so, just don’t use it.
There’s always pros and cons. You can stick with the cons or focus on the pros. Maybe try tik tok or IG.
Gag is only some parts of the world and locations that doesn’t seem very positive of late cuz of the particular populations, politics, repeated stuff, and such. It’s okay to take a break or leave if it’s no longer serving you. Plus, it’s more important to spend time in your real life.
yeah, i think so too.
For one it brings out the worst of humans, showing more of their disgusting selves, allowing us to distance ourselves from them.
On the other hand its vast popularity turned humans into smartphone zombies. It turned from making an emergency call for someone in need into recording the incident and posting it on the internet. it turned girls into insecure social media addicts. It sells your sensitive data to whoever asks for it. It made it so that you in public can't really express yourself unless you want to be seen online by millions and getting called anything from cuck to simp and the female equivalents thereof or become the next unexpected insulting meme, that'll haunt you.
No, in fact it could be a boon to humankind, but the wrong people have made it malevolent, especially for children and young people.
No. Social media is just a tool, it is people who are misusing the tool in question. Furthermore, we are currently in a very bad situation with things like climate change and such things. Compared to real world issues, social media sits squarely in the "first world problems" category as something you need to have the luxury to be bothered by.
Yes I believe so. It has brought so much turmoil in relationships and marriages from being able to cheat much more easier via social media. It's really useless besides the only time when people really needed it which was during the pandemic. The only reason why I even have a Facebook is for my family and I only talk to them on it.
It has its ups and downs. It connects people lightning fast globally, and you can’t get that with phones. It has given us some eye opening realities that you just couldn’t get with people locally or your neighbor or family member. It’s also an excuse for a lot of people to just give little meaning to words and a reason to talk to everyone in an awful way.
u this would be thinking of those "first world privileged" yes...
It is pretty bad and it brought to light the ridiculously high amount of dumb asses across the world and gave them a platform to speak on lol.
Mostly, yeah. But a few good things did come out of it, like reconnecting to old friendships or family members
It would be fine if far right billionaires didn't exploit it for microtargeting their culture war scams.
u By itself? No. If anything, it just brought many other issues to light in terms of body image, political polarization, and others.
The bad things about it far outweigh any of the good things.
Not even close.
Anyone that doesn't like social media can simply not go on it.
No one is forcing you to have a social media account nor to download any apps.
@Hispanic-Cool-Guy Yet all of us complain about G@G and yet are still here using it. 🙄
absolutely I don’t really use social media I find it negative
naw. i think social media only amplified problems that were already there.
No ma'am disagree social media is the best thing happened because it's give me opportunity to talk to you. 🙃
No, it's the people who use it who have issues. For example, you hear about men abusing it most often
Yes I hate social media only use it when I need to
Why did you quit Facebook? 👀
Their hypocrisy. I joined when the war in Ukraine broke out, and I for a short while they told us that although it's never acceptable to hate any particular ethnic group or minority, and that there were penalties for those who did, it was "understandable" if people posted nasty things about Russians. I complained about this, and I'm sure many others did too, because they soon changed their minds about it, but even so I decided that company wasn't one that I should in any way support.
Wokeness! Nothing can be worse than that.
It's a yes from me
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