On Tue, 2023-03-14 at 12:06 +1100, David wrote: > I'm not suggesting social media doesn't have its' place but on > balance it may now be causing more harm than good, especially where > children & adolescents are concerned. Methinks regulation of some > sort is required.
It depends. Where the medium exists to farm the participants, then I'd say it's definitely harmful. That includes LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter... Actually just about all of them with the possible exception of Discord, though there were worrying changes to their privacy policy recently. So far I've found Mastodon to be an oasis. Not without its moments, but the moments are not confected or amplified by the platform itself (not that there is *a* platform, being as how it's a federated system). As a result they tend to die down very quickly. Offensive people tend to get very short shrift and end up chatting with themselves in a space where nobody else can hear them. I find I can lob in, be entertained, interact with some people maybe, read something interesting and then (and this is important) lob OUT again. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
