I fucking hate social media

The idea of social media itself isn't that bad. But advertisements is probally the biggest negitive systemic effect and has made it go to s***.

any news hashtag disgusts me and is just for the pure sake of making money of ratings, not broadcasting news.

Complains about facebook, runs website that tries to link everything to facebook.

Let me upvote in peace

Facebook started to die in 08/09 when everyone joined. Now its jjst the worst shit ever. I pretty much just use it for networking.

Fuck people who troll for likes. Saying things that they know a bunch of people will like. As if theyll die if they dont get 40 likes a day. Fuck off.

Social media fucking blows.

People have lost touch with the ability to communicate in the simplest human forms. No longer do people actually resort to face to face communication when they can use abbreviated and dumbed down acronyms and emjois to replace words, let alone properly formed sentences. Even phone calls seem to be on the path of the dodo.

Mike Judge was onto something when he created "Idiocracy."

I do not participate and look down on those that do from my glorious and shining tower of condescension.

I don't think Social media is that bad. I keep my friends list small so that way I don't have bullshit from idiots on my feed. I only follow pages which I like. I.E, skiers, surfers etc.

The worse thing about media is how everyone tries to one up each other. People always ask me how I manage to ski so many days when I upload a picture of the snow and what they don't know is that I sleep in the back of the car. Other people would just upload a picture of the snow and that be it.

Moving to Austria and opening a burrito stand sounds better every day. Im beginning to loath social media, yet here I am.

This is why I love facebook

BearGrillsThis is why I love facebook

There was some christian website where you pay them to pray for you. Lolz

I hate when your in a croup of people and half of them are moronically staring at their phones. I dropped my iPhone in a lake a few months ago and replaced with my old basic phone and haven't thought about getting a new one since.

Newschoolers is social media aswell?

Sometimes when I'm on the internet or driving or I guess anywhere really I take a step back and think about how ridiculously out of hand advertising is all over the world. Since when did we decide it was okay to plaster ads over literally every surface imaginable? Social media is the same thing, it's just progressively less creative ways to self advertise for the sake of other people demonstrating interest in you

I hate media in general.

Social media creates fads, and I hate fads.

News medias dwell on the same stories forever that are the least bit relevent to our lives in the name of profit.

Hes just angry that no one would come on camera to talk to him in Tiny chat last night /claimz

if you find yourself daily needing to deal w/ things you hate, loathe, and despise
chances are you have sold out or are an addict.
or really need to ask yourself why or is it worth it
nttiatwwi
hell of a lot of people have put themselves at a table not diggin the cards
but unwilling to get up and pick a new table or game.

SFBv420.0if you find yourself daily needing to deal w/ things you hate, loathe, and despise
chances are you have sold out or are an addict.
or really need to ask yourself why or is it worth it
nttiatwwi
hell of a lot of people have put themselves at a table not diggin the cards
but unwilling to get up and pick a new table or game.

Did you read what you wrote before you posted?

I use Instagram,
it has lost it's touch

Agreed I also hate social media. The only one I use and think is pretty cool is instagram. I can't stand facebook, twitter, etc. Im 23, and there are definitely a lot of people who are obsessed with it around my age, but I think it truly is scary to look at kids who are 14-15ish (grew up with internet there entire life) years old who are in middle/high school use this stuff. That generation is truly obsessed with social media to an unhealthy level.

I don't even use Facebook for friends mostly. I just like a bunch of pages that pertain to my interests. I think I have maybe 30 friends on it.

I write this in pure confidence but this is NS and it's 8:30am so I'll risk it...

Facebook began to decline roughly 3-4 years ago once businesses, small companies, etc. began to use it primarily for networking and marketing services. The "likes" engagement back then was appropriate, now people don't really care, or they'll see it and won't put forth the effort of a "like". So instead, you have the females from 20-29yrs old and the really really sheltered, overly social (in public) males that basically feel the need to share and re-post hilarious vines, photos, meme's, etc. that they JUST saw that a mere 80% of the actual 'internet friendly' audience has already seen and my god my god my god does this shit make me cringe. No, do not say it's because I must spend my time on the internet all day so how else would I know where to find or see these things or know about that meme and that video (about to go viral) etc.. It is because I know where to look. I've spent my fair share of time online - and luckily had my main online presence during the shift and publication of all of the current mainstream sites. Tumblr for instance was 'secret' to a ton of people and fuck do I miss that - but like Facebook, Tumblr emerged because all the main bloggers left Wordpress and Blogspot. Then Twitter began to explode and now it's still at a higher usage than Facebook (fuck Facebook). People that have Facebook activated and don't use it, probably have Tinder, love the Messaging app because for some reason iMessage and Texting isn't good enough, or because Facebook is their primary network for getting all of the sloppy second and thirds of the internet 'news'. THAT IS A FACT. It is one or a sum of those categories. Mine is deactivated. I'll re-activate maybe once a month (if that) just to troll the fuck out of my 'friends' and make some obligatory post or bait them into a ton of likes...I've literally done experiements. Like, if you post the most real, honest article or photo captioned piece and the engagement is so low on FB yet higher on Tumblr - it's funny. It's funny in the way that people on FB are way too shy to press the Like or be honest and comment something. Like those two actions are too strong and forward as opposed to a reblog or like on Tumblr. I could go on right now and re post an article on Ebola or the OG Ferguson issue and get almost nothing yet do the same on Tumblr or a Forum and (granted, even if my follower to friend count was equivalent) I'd get more engagement and feedback. Facebook was the first "share" icon of these top platforms when it began so it's adherent in staying one of the most installed apps on peoples phones yet it rarely gets used. And I use the term 'engagement' firmly. You can go onto these kids accounts, especially on Instagram - and see the 'Like-to-Follower' ratio and be like yep that fool bought those followers, or he uses the Hashtag glitch to get more likes than he does Followers, wtf? That's what it is. People use these platforms to gain these ego strokes to make them feel important where they lack elsewhere (in so many areas). Again, take Ello for example. Ello will out-do Facebook in user engagement usage in the next 2-3 years. Mark my words. People love minimalism, simple, ad-free sites. Ello will provide that and it's about time the creatives that so many people see behind big firms/blogs take action and create a central platform that actually uses all the ideas I just pointed out and saturates them into an online community. I know, I know...people have their Reddit, their Gizmodo, their CNN, their DarkWeb, their ComplexMag, their Hypebeast, their Highsnobiety. But for some reason it just annoys me when I saw something explode as a video or photo or some newsworthy article and then months later some kid posts it online to Facebook and all the other sheep of 'friends' that just LOOOOVE his daily posts on how hard his day at work was or what that girl did with her baby today and then they get a ton of engagement because those sheep are also oblivious to the internet. A lot of this comes from some inner hatred I guess. I have some friends that wrote for BuzzFeed, Guff, etc. and they just think they are God. Like OMG I WrOtE An ArtiCLE and so many people see it and I have a twitter account linked to me because I am an Author WOOOWWW Look mom I #madeit. Shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up. Popularity gets to people's heads and it honestly is so nice to actually follow and engage and watch humble artists, writers, bloggers, creatives, photographers, and even friends, be so passionate about what they do and do it consistently where their presence is not annoying.

Bottom line, their is a way, a formula, in which people go about or choose to start over with a new account or to be a faceless blogger or poster. There is a way to be so quiet that you are so loud.

Hope this sticks.

I don't think social media really sucks, I just think people often kind of suck and social media gives them an outlet for the stupidest stuff they do. (the controversial posts, like bait, all that crap) I'm not sure the problem is social media, its more like the problem is modern culture and values.

I hate a lot of what goes on on social media but I am active on it because it gives me an opportunity to share my work and adventures with a larger audience. The problem is it also gives my audience that same opportunity and I find a lot of that really boring. So it goes both ways, networking on social media is great but I think if we needed to we could network just as well without it.

I don't so much hate social media as the way our culture has become dependent on it

Meh. I like it. Keeping track of what friends are up to across the world would be very difficult and time-consuming otherwise, and blocking annoying internet friends is very easy to do.

theabortionatorComplains about facebook, runs website that tries to link everything to facebook.

Let me upvote in peace

The trap is not lost on me. It's very difficult these days to not use FB to get people's attention. They sit there a lot.

maximiliaanNewschoolers is social media aswell?

The irony is not lost on me. I maybe should have said mainstream social media?

SFBv420.0if you find yourself daily needing to deal w/ things you hate, loathe, and despise
chances are you have sold out or are an addict.
or really need to ask yourself why or is it worth it
nttiatwwi
hell of a lot of people have put themselves at a table not diggin the cards
but unwilling to get up and pick a new table or game.

You follow me around so much on this site I'm beginning to think you have a bigtime crush on me.

cydwhitI don't think social media really sucks, I just think people often kind of suck and social media gives them an outlet for the stupidest stuff they do. (the controversial posts, like bait, all that crap) I'm not sure the problem is social media, its more like the problem is modern culture and values.

I hate a lot of what goes on on social media but I am active on it because it gives me an opportunity to share my work and adventures with a larger audience. The problem is it also gives my audience that same opportunity and I find a lot of that really boring. So it goes both ways, networking on social media is great but I think if we needed to we could network just as well without it.

The first part about controversial shit is really important... Social media is amplifying the clickbait bullshit 'yellow journalism' issue. Its turning all media into fucking gossip mags you find at the supermarket.

The problem that I have with the idea that the 'mass' audience is on social media, is that its taking away from actually developing proper readership at a specific site. It would be a lot easier for niche media to develop their own voice, if people were actually willing to visit the site every day. Remember - website revenue is tied to pageviews, so when you don't have regular readership you're forced to only be as successful as the last facebook traffic spike you got.

Its a downward spiral right now. We need a new model to actually support good content.

messplayI write this in pure confidence but this is NS and it's 8:30am so I'll risk it...

Facebook began to decline roughly 3-4 years ago once businesses, small companies, etc. began to use it primarily for networking and marketing services. The "likes" engagement back then was appropriate, now people don't really care, or they'll see it and won't put forth the effort of a "like". So instead, you have the females from 20-29yrs old and the really really sheltered, overly social (in public) males that basically feel the need to share and re-post hilarious vines, photos, meme's, etc. that they JUST saw that a mere 80% of the actual 'internet friendly' audience has already seen and my god my god my god does this shit make me cringe. No, do not say it's because I must spend my time on the internet all day so how else would I know where to find or see these things or know about that meme and that video (about to go viral) etc.. It is because I know where to look. I've spent my fair share of time online - and luckily had my main online presence during the shift and publication of all of the current mainstream sites. Tumblr for instance was 'secret' to a ton of people and fuck do I miss that - but like Facebook, Tumblr emerged because all the main bloggers left Wordpress and Blogspot. Then Twitter began to explode and now it's still at a higher usage than Facebook (fuck Facebook). People that have Facebook activated and don't use it, probably have Tinder, love the Messaging app because for some reason iMessage and Texting isn't good enough, or because Facebook is their primary network for getting all of the sloppy second and thirds of the internet 'news'. THAT IS A FACT. It is one or a sum of those categories. Mine is deactivated. I'll re-activate maybe once a month (if that) just to troll the fuck out of my 'friends' and make some obligatory post or bait them into a ton of likes...I've literally done experiements. Like, if you post the most real, honest article or photo captioned piece and the engagement is so low on FB yet higher on Tumblr - it's funny. It's funny in the way that people on FB are way too shy to press the Like or be honest and comment something. Like those two actions are too strong and forward as opposed to a reblog or like on Tumblr. I could go on right now and re post an article on Ebola or the OG Ferguson issue and get almost nothing yet do the same on Tumblr or a Forum and (granted, even if my follower to friend count was equivalent) I'd get more engagement and feedback. Facebook was the first "share" icon of these top platforms when it began so it's adherent in staying one of the most installed apps on peoples phones yet it rarely gets used. And I use the term 'engagement' firmly. You can go onto these kids accounts, especially on Instagram - and see the 'Like-to-Follower' ratio and be like yep that fool bought those followers, or he uses the Hashtag glitch to get more likes than he does Followers, wtf? That's what it is. People use these platforms to gain these ego strokes to make them feel important where they lack elsewhere (in so many areas). Again, take Ello for example. Ello will out-do Facebook in user engagement usage in the next 2-3 years. Mark my words. People love minimalism, simple, ad-free sites. Ello will provide that and it's about time the creatives that so many people see behind big firms/blogs take action and create a central platform that actually uses all the ideas I just pointed out and saturates them into an online community. I know, I know...people have their Reddit, their Gizmodo, their CNN, their DarkWeb, their ComplexMag, their Hypebeast, their Highsnobiety. But for some reason it just annoys me when I saw something explode as a video or photo or some newsworthy article and then months later some kid posts it online to Facebook and all the other sheep of 'friends' that just LOOOOVE his daily posts on how hard his day at work was or what that girl did with her baby today and then they get a ton of engagement because those sheep are also oblivious to the internet. A lot of this comes from some inner hatred I guess. I have some friends that wrote for BuzzFeed, Guff, etc. and they just think they are God. Like OMG I WrOtE An ArtiCLE and so many people see it and I have a twitter account linked to me because I am an Author WOOOWWW Look mom I #madeit. Shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up. Popularity gets to people's heads and it honestly is so nice to actually follow and engage and watch humble artists, writers, bloggers, creatives, photographers, and even friends, be so passionate about what they do and do it consistently where their presence is not annoying.

Bottom line, their is a way, a formula, in which people go about or choose to start over with a new account or to be a faceless blogger or poster. There is a way to be so quiet that you are so loud.

Hope this sticks.

it can be good and bad, but it's really about how you use it. some people use it to market themselves - to inspire creativity, to instruct, to showcase talent. others use it to explore different cultures, to gain exposure to things you would have never known about before based on physical limitations.

but then some use it to bully, to scheme, or create a fake, anonymous life where you can be anything you want to be with no consequences.


i guess you just have to decide if you're going to risk the bad to have the good, or not have any of it at all. i understand both sides. some people pride themselves in real relationships and real interactions. they try to live a life off the internet, off facebook, off instagram, off twitter, where the desire to be noticed amongst an anonymous crowd seems pettily satisfying. i admire that. but i also admire that i have an opportunity to look up a workout video, learn guitar chords, discuss my favorite things, and gain exposure to culture and places i've never been to before almost as a means of inspiration and personal goal setting. without that, we'd all be stuck learning from the people in our immediate lives, and there's only so much your friends and family have seen or done..

that's how i feel about social media, any way. the good stuff can be awesome. the rest is just filler, and i try to stay away from as best i can.

My problem with social media is what it's turned journalism into. As Bishop said above the "yellow click bait bullshit".
It's true. I think anyone who was ever interested in pursuing journalism around the mid 2000's knew that print was dying and knew that it needed to evolve to self sustain. I'm just incredibly disappointed at how it has evolved.
Click-bait style buzzfeed websites were inevitablely going to happen I suppose but I can't help but feel like social media gave them the platform to reach millions of potential users. Did I say users? I meant web traffic. It's a shame that journalism online is quickly turning into a "who gives a fuck about the content add more ads" type of space.

twitter is my life without twitter i would be walking aimlessy down back alleys crying

"He went in to take a shit, what happened next is SHOCKING"
That kind of shit really grinds my gears.

My other favorite thing is when people seek the approval of everyone else for their life choices "I'm me and an individual and if you don't like that you can just unfriend me."

It's like watching a trainwreck, I can't look away and not laugh at the stupidity of people.

messplayI write this in pure confidence but this is NS and it's 8:30am so I'll risk it...

Facebook began to decline roughly 3-4 years ago once businesses, small companies, etc. began to use it primarily for networking and marketing services. The "likes" engagement back then was appropriate, now people don't really care, or they'll see it and won't put forth the effort of a "like". So instead, you have the females from 20-29yrs old and the really really sheltered, overly social (in public) males that basically feel the need to share and re-post hilarious vines, photos, meme's, etc. that they JUST saw that a mere 80% of the actual 'internet friendly' audience has already seen and my god my god my god does this shit make me cringe. No, do not say it's because I must spend my time on the internet all day so how else would I know where to find or see these things or know about that meme and that video (about to go viral) etc.. It is because I know where to look. I've spent my fair share of time online - and luckily had my main online presence during the shift and publication of all of the current mainstream sites. Tumblr for instance was 'secret' to a ton of people and fuck do I miss that - but like Facebook, Tumblr emerged because all the main bloggers left Wordpress and Blogspot. Then Twitter began to explode and now it's still at a higher usage than Facebook (fuck Facebook). People that have Facebook activated and don't use it, probably have Tinder, love the Messaging app because for some reason iMessage and Texting isn't good enough, or because Facebook is their primary network for getting all of the sloppy second and thirds of the internet 'news'. THAT IS A FACT. It is one or a sum of those categories. Mine is deactivated. I'll re-activate maybe once a month (if that) just to troll the fuck out of my 'friends' and make some obligatory post or bait them into a ton of likes...I've literally done experiements. Like, if you post the most real, honest article or photo captioned piece and the engagement is so low on FB yet higher on Tumblr - it's funny. It's funny in the way that people on FB are way too shy to press the Like or be honest and comment something. Like those two actions are too strong and forward as opposed to a reblog or like on Tumblr. I could go on right now and re post an article on Ebola or the OG Ferguson issue and get almost nothing yet do the same on Tumblr or a Forum and (granted, even if my follower to friend count was equivalent) I'd get more engagement and feedback. Facebook was the first "share" icon of these top platforms when it began so it's adherent in staying one of the most installed apps on peoples phones yet it rarely gets used. And I use the term 'engagement' firmly. You can go onto these kids accounts, especially on Instagram - and see the 'Like-to-Follower' ratio and be like yep that fool bought those followers, or he uses the Hashtag glitch to get more likes than he does Followers, wtf? That's what it is. People use these platforms to gain these ego strokes to make them feel important where they lack elsewhere (in so many areas). Again, take Ello for example. Ello will out-do Facebook in user engagement usage in the next 2-3 years. Mark my words. People love minimalism, simple, ad-free sites. Ello will provide that and it's about time the creatives that so many people see behind big firms/blogs take action and create a central platform that actually uses all the ideas I just pointed out and saturates them into an online community. I know, I know...people have their Reddit, their Gizmodo, their CNN, their DarkWeb, their ComplexMag, their Hypebeast, their Highsnobiety. But for some reason it just annoys me when I saw something explode as a video or photo or some newsworthy article and then months later some kid posts it online to Facebook and all the other sheep of 'friends' that just LOOOOVE his daily posts on how hard his day at work was or what that girl did with her baby today and then they get a ton of engagement because those sheep are also oblivious to the internet. A lot of this comes from some inner hatred I guess. I have some friends that wrote for BuzzFeed, Guff, etc. and they just think they are God. Like OMG I WrOtE An ArtiCLE and so many people see it and I have a twitter account linked to me because I am an Author WOOOWWW Look mom I #madeit. Shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up. Popularity gets to people's heads and it honestly is so nice to actually follow and engage and watch humble artists, writers, bloggers, creatives, photographers, and even friends, be so passionate about what they do and do it consistently where their presence is not annoying.

Bottom line, their is a way, a formula, in which people go about or choose to start over with a new account or to be a faceless blogger or poster. There is a way to be so quiet that you are so loud.

Hope this sticks.

I love social media, but hate the click baiting that happens.
It's a great way for me to stay up to date with my homies back in Nevada/California.

Just purged my facebook feed and removed all the babies, engagements and relationship complainers. I'm sure it will add new ones in... but in the mean time, it's now all skiing, flying, educational, travel, and friends that live out of state/abroad.

Suddenly way more interesting. Not sure how long this will last.

Agreed. I don't have a twitter, an instagram, or a tumblr, or whatever else the kids are using these days. I only have Facebook and log in about once/week mainly just to see if I'm invited to something. Post about once every 1-2 months, although I did post a couple of times this week.

Deleted all my social networks a couple months ago. You go from thinking you need it for "Friends" and "Business" to realizing that anyone in your life who is a real friend or business partner is someone who has the decency to sack up and give you a fucking phone call. just my 2 cents.

messplayI write this in pure confidence but this is NS and it's 8:30am so I'll risk it...

Facebook began to decline roughly 3-4 years ago once businesses, small companies, etc. began to use it primarily for networking and marketing services. The "likes" engagement back then was appropriate, now people don't really care, or they'll see it and won't put forth the effort of a "like". So instead, you have the females from 20-29yrs old and the really really sheltered, overly social (in public) males that basically feel the need to share and re-post hilarious vines, photos, meme's, etc. that they JUST saw that a mere 80% of the actual 'internet friendly' audience has already seen and my god my god my god does this shit make me cringe. No, do not say it's because I must spend my time on the internet all day so how else would I know where to find or see these things or know about that meme and that video (about to go viral) etc.. It is because I know where to look. I've spent my fair share of time online - and luckily had my main online presence during the shift and publication of all of the current mainstream sites. Tumblr for instance was 'secret' to a ton of people and fuck do I miss that - but like Facebook, Tumblr emerged because all the main bloggers left Wordpress and Blogspot. Then Twitter began to explode and now it's still at a higher usage than Facebook (fuck Facebook). People that have Facebook activated and don't use it, probably have Tinder, love the Messaging app because for some reason iMessage and Texting isn't good enough, or because Facebook is their primary network for getting all of the sloppy second and thirds of the internet 'news'. THAT IS A FACT. It is one or a sum of those categories. Mine is deactivated. I'll re-activate maybe once a month (if that) just to troll the fuck out of my 'friends' and make some obligatory post or bait them into a ton of likes...I've literally done experiements. Like, if you post the most real, honest article or photo captioned piece and the engagement is so low on FB yet higher on Tumblr - it's funny. It's funny in the way that people on FB are way too shy to press the Like or be honest and comment something. Like those two actions are too strong and forward as opposed to a reblog or like on Tumblr. I could go on right now and re post an article on Ebola or the OG Ferguson issue and get almost nothing yet do the same on Tumblr or a Forum and (granted, even if my follower to friend count was equivalent) I'd get more engagement and feedback. Facebook was the first "share" icon of these top platforms when it began so it's adherent in staying one of the most installed apps on peoples phones yet it rarely gets used. And I use the term 'engagement' firmly. You can go onto these kids accounts, especially on Instagram - and see the 'Like-to-Follower' ratio and be like yep that fool bought those followers, or he uses the Hashtag glitch to get more likes than he does Followers, wtf? That's what it is. People use these platforms to gain these ego strokes to make them feel important where they lack elsewhere (in so many areas). Again, take Ello for example. Ello will out-do Facebook in user engagement usage in the next 2-3 years. Mark my words. People love minimalism, simple, ad-free sites. Ello will provide that and it's about time the creatives that so many people see behind big firms/blogs take action and create a central platform that actually uses all the ideas I just pointed out and saturates them into an online community. I know, I know...people have their Reddit, their Gizmodo, their CNN, their DarkWeb, their ComplexMag, their Hypebeast, their Highsnobiety. But for some reason it just annoys me when I saw something explode as a video or photo or some newsworthy article and then months later some kid posts it online to Facebook and all the other sheep of 'friends' that just LOOOOVE his daily posts on how hard his day at work was or what that girl did with her baby today and then they get a ton of engagement because those sheep are also oblivious to the internet. A lot of this comes from some inner hatred I guess. I have some friends that wrote for BuzzFeed, Guff, etc. and they just think they are God. Like OMG I WrOtE An ArtiCLE and so many people see it and I have a twitter account linked to me because I am an Author WOOOWWW Look mom I #madeit. Shut the fuck up. Just shut the fuck up. Popularity gets to people's heads and it honestly is so nice to actually follow and engage and watch humble artists, writers, bloggers, creatives, photographers, and even friends, be so passionate about what they do and do it consistently where their presence is not annoying.

Bottom line, their is a way, a formula, in which people go about or choose to start over with a new account or to be a faceless blogger or poster. There is a way to be so quiet that you are so loud.

Hope this sticks.

Try using paragraphs next time. No one's gonna read that.

Mr.BishopThe first part about controversial shit is really important... Social media is amplifying the clickbait bullshit 'yellow journalism' issue. Its turning all media into fucking gossip mags you find at the supermarket.

The problem that I have with the idea that the 'mass' audience is on social media, is that its taking away from actually developing proper readership at a specific site. It would be a lot easier for niche media to develop their own voice, if people were actually willing to visit the site every day. Remember - website revenue is tied to pageviews, so when you don't have regular readership you're forced to only be as successful as the last facebook traffic spike you got.

Its a downward spiral right now. We need a new model to actually support good content.

This is the problem I have with Facebook. Back when I started using Facebook some 8 years ago, the content on the site was a lot different. It seems like it used to be more or less people posting statuses and pictures about whet they were doing, and companies doing the same through their pages. I actually like that aspect of social media. It's all the shitty news and list site links that are turning it into garbage. That and people being so dumb that they believe satirical/fake news sites are real and posting OMG I CANT BELIEVE THIS and getting all riled up about some bullshit someone posted. Website owners can count on people to spread inflammatory bullshit and make them money because there are so many idiots online.

I think all this social media spread yellow journalism crap that Bishop is talking about is also the main thing behind the hysteria over Ebola as well. Anyone who is informed knows that we as citizens of the United States no reason to be worried about contracting Ebola at this time, yet people continue freaking out. A lot of the misinformation seems to be coming from social media.

Just yesterday I saw someone post that we should close our fucking borders to prevent the spread of Ebola because it is now airborne. I commented that I couldn't find any evidence to support her claim and told her to stop spreading misinformation. She said that the "disease control center thing" said so and that was a "pretty good source." Oh, and this extremely intelligent human being has a child too.

I don't think social media as a concept is bad. It's what people are doing with it that is ruining it.

And by Doug logic, Doug hates the hot page. Awesome!!!

my problem with social media is the contrast between what you post and who you actually are, I dont like how there is the two worlds. I also hate how stimulating it is & how much of a massive waste of time it is

BunkydooDeleted all my social networks a couple months ago. You go from thinking you need it for "Friends" and "Business" to realizing that anyone in your life who is a real friend or business partner is someone who has the decency to sack up and give you a fucking phone call. just my 2 cents.

It does allow you to message people whose number you don't have or lost, but past that, you're right.

I'm so sick of people complaining about social media.

"ugh this totally free service I'm not required to use is becoming a burden." If you really hate it so much just stop using it.

Why do you admit you NEED it? is it maybe because it's super useful, powerful and helps business?

sounds awful.

Social media isn't wants bad.

It's people who rely on it to communicate and don't get out of the house because if. I know people who don't get off their phones the whole time you hang out with them. Wether they're on twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc. It's annoying as fuck. I used to be like that but thankfully I realized how retarded I was and how boring I was to hang out with and don't go on nearly as much as I used to.

I was in middle school(I think) early high school maybe when facebook started to get popular. And I'll admit it fucked with how I acted in person. Those years are when you get to meet a lot of new people but instead a lot of people( myself included) literally did everything on the Internet. So now it's way easier for me to text people or message them on the Internet than to stand face to face and have a conversation. Confrontation is definitely not appealing to me either and I think it's because I grew up where everything was done through social media and text. It really sucks.

MinggSocial media isn't wants bad.

It's people who rely on it to communicate and don't get out of the house because if. I know people who don't get off their phones the whole time you hang out with them. Wether they're on twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc. It's annoying as fuck. I used to be like that but thankfully I realized how retarded I was and how boring I was to hang out with and don't go on nearly as much as I used to.

cute girl hits me up asking to hang out. I say sure. She is on her phone the entire time, even during conversation. Tweeting, yik yaking, texting, instagramming. By the end i just wanted her to leave.

One of the most boring and bland people ive ever talked to.

Lord_Byroncute girl hits me up asking to hang out. I say sure. She is on her phone the entire time, even during conversation. Tweeting, yik yaking, texting, instagramming. By the end i just wanted her to leave.

One of the most boring and bland people ive ever talked to.

When I go out with people, we stack our phone's, and whoever checks their's first has to cover the entire bill. It's a good way to train people to focus on who you're with. I hate it when people are more concerned with their online activity vs their outside one.

TingaI'm so sick of people complaining about social media.

"ugh this totally free service I'm not required to use is becoming a burden." If you really hate it so much just stop using it.

Why do you admit you NEED it? is it maybe because it's super useful, powerful and helps business?

sounds awful.

involved in business marketing, that post seems decidedly self-serving.

maybe we're sick of the entire online world becoming one big advertisement?

Mr.BishopYou follow me around so much on this site I'm beginning to think you have a bigtime crush on me.

"The irony is not lost on me" either cause it sure is
kinda ironic you keep sendin me pm's when i told you i wasn't gonna play that game

no were not gonna hang in jackson. it's not where i spend my winters
but you should definitely ask the powder guys how censorship and moderation worked out for their social media web forum.-
"exodus movement of the people"

MinggConfrontation is definitely not appealing to me either and I think it's because I grew up where everything was done through social media and text. It really sucks.

It's much more likely that social media and texting appealed to you because you didn't like confrontation, than it is that you stopped liking confrontation because of texting and social media.

Sno.Agreed. I don't have a twitter, an instagram, or a tumblr, or whatever else the kids are using these days. I only have Facebook and log in about once/week mainly just to see if I'm invited to something. Post about once every 1-2 months, although I did post a couple of times this week.

I log in a few times a week because i message friends.

Just saw this again: http://www.erickarjaluoto.com/blog/how-upworthy-killed-facebook/ and was reminded of this discussion. The rest of this blog is really worthwhile too, definitely in my top three sources for "real talk"

I like to actually think of interesting things and post good status updates, rather than linking the same dog or cat video.

If thou dost loathe thy social media should thou not fordon thyne accounts?

VT_FLOIf thou dost loathe thy social media should thou not fordon thyne accounts?

i think people just naturally love to hate things. without that dreaded social media account they willingly signed up for, where else are they going to find things to bitch about?