Gizmo
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6 months ago
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Is social media doing more harm than good?
Social media can be a wonderful thing and it can be a terrifying thing. I use Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends, and to see pics of them and their children as they grow up. But the political garbage that gets through is just unrelenting, so I find myself using social media less and less.
I think social media is mostly doing good, if you see bad things happening due to social media, it is mainly because they are using it too much and are doomscrolling or bed rotting.
I have learnt to use social media sites for the good. I don't go online looking for anyone that I would bully or say harsh words to. I use it more to advertise my business, and that has made me feel that social media is doing good once most of us focus on the good side of it.
It's definitely done more harm than good especially during the pandemic. I think in 2020 is when Social Media really became more toxic and became echo chambers. Now as time goes on, the moderation for Facebook and Twitter are harmful to certain minorities. You can report pages that cause harm or distress to people and Facebook will not take action against them. Plus when people were stuck inside, they went down far right rabbit holes that places like Twitter allowed to flourish and it just got worse when Elon Musk took over the platform.
It is just how fire that can help us and also harm so is the case with social media. It depends on our approach
Social media has caused more harm to many of us. It's turned into a full time distraction. The last time I checked my screen time, I was so shocked. I won't lie, it has its good side, but if you do not guide yourself, it will drain your energy.
I would say to a certain extent it has done more harm than good over the last few years. You often end up seeing too many lies spread, fear-mongering spread and social media being used more for wrong reasons than right.
I will admit, in some cases, social media can be good and can help out a lot, but with too many people using social media for all the wrong reasons, it can be a bad place to be sometimes.
On a second thought, social media is a double edge sword. They will hype you in one minute and next minute you feel like you have never achieved anything. But at the same time that's where I gain access to some of the updates on opportunities. The problem is not the app, it's how we use it..
I find social media to be dangerous if not under control. As a follower of Jesus Christ, I see it as a testimony, so I'm cautious as to what I put on there. But if what I put is good (in as I see it), then it can be something positively powerful.
Shortie wrote:
I would say to a certain extent it has done more harm than good over the last few years. You often end up seeing too many lies spread, fear-mongering spread and social media being used more for wrong reasons than right.
I will admit, in some cases, social media can be good and can help out a lot, but with too many people using social media for all the wrong reasons, it can be a bad place to be sometimes.
This is true. There are so many people who are missing social media. They spread so much misinformation and lies. It is hard to believe what you read on social media. Under such kind of circumstances, I never use social media to read or study anything about religion, politics, society, culture, etc because things can be so misleading on social media.
Social media is a can worms. It can be used for good and it also have bad effects. Everything depends on how each and everyone of us choose to use social media sites.
Well, the fact of the matter remains that social media is being used to spread so much hatred. This is something that really upsets me a lot. I always read offensive and hateful comments on social media and this makes it really hard for me to use social media. There was a time when I stopped using social media due to this problem.
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