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Since quitting social media, I’ve noticed that a lot of people who still use it are unnecessarily aggressive and sometimes quick to insult in an argument. Would make sense given that social media makes us angry for engagement. I don’t know if correlation equals causation here, but on the SmolNet and BBS, both of which are full of people who hate social media, it’s way more chill. Arguments happen, but they fell less heated and usually end on good terms.
I’ve found myself to be a lot less judgemental and short tempered in general, too.
2 years ago · 👍 astromech, stellarskylark, eph, sirwilburthefirst, degrowther2, schnouki, adou2
@degrowther2 That’s absolutely true, yeah, but I can’t help but feel it’s become more common by Web 2.0. Possibly just that there are more people online now? · 2 years ago
Sorry, I'm like writing an essay on this, lmao. But just one more thing - I find it deeply ironic that a lot of religious people tend to not care as much about politeness in general, considering all religions usually care about the dignity of all humans, and so one should treat another human with this dignity. Anyways, essay over :D · 2 years ago
Just to further clarify what I mean by ethically apathetic - some people just seem to not care how they treat other people and have no regret afterwards either. They don't think that people should be treated with respect, or they don't like politeness, etc. And recently I think politeness has become conflated with political correctness, even though most "pc" is really politeness (but some "pc" might not be politeness but something else).
Whereas other people might get angry and actually regret what they said, because they actually do care how they treat other people. · 2 years ago
@degrowther2 Well, your second comment I disagree with. While there is something to be said for people thinking they *always* have to get their opinion out, I think having a conversation or disagreement is not the problem itself. The problem lies elsewhere - lack of empathy, moral/ethical apathy, etc. The people that tend to be aggressive online are usually either the people who are ethically apathetic (and use freedom or whatever other construct they can to justify this apathy), or the people who are just fed up with the ethically apathetic, lol. · 2 years ago
@degrowther2 I fully agree with you. To take it a step farther, I think internet culture has been highly influenced by both the culture during the initial stages of the internet (especially Usenet) as well as generally the types of people that go on the internet a lot. There's a saying that almost goes something like: The loudest are the minority, but they look like the majority because they are so loud (btw, this is NOT the same as saying the minority are always the loudest - I don't think that's true). · 2 years ago
Thinking about it for a few more seconds, I feel like this dynamic where strangers feel welcome to come in and "well actually" somebody's conversation — which I just did here — contributes to that. Ugh. I apologize for my brain rot. · 2 years ago
Social media is terrible (for us as individuals, and for our society), but I would point out that a lot of the negative behavioral patterns you might associate with social media now were on full display decades ago on Usenet and in certain email listservs. · 2 years ago
You gotta wonder whether or not social media is like hijacking your brain somehow Welcome to the real world btw · 2 years ago
There's a lot to be angry about out there but god it's so much nicer to not constantly fill your brain with angry noise. Staying informed is extremely valuable, feeling anger when it's justified is good, but there's no reason to be pissed off literally every second of every day. So yeah, I agree -- smallnet is better for brains, I think. · 2 years ago