Way too many people use them.
Way too many people that use them don’t know that any of this is going on.
Way too many people that DO know what’s going on fully support it.
I'm not sure this is sustainable though. The real question is will they accomplish their goal of eliminating all opposing viewpoints from the available and accessible information before the inevitable counter-culture push they are creating with their blatant abuses of power. The recent articles about Facebook's user decline with younger demographics comes to mind. Maybe this is just because the primary founding user base is into adulthood and it isn't "cool" anymore... maybe it will just be replaced by something worse... but maybe, and this is my contention, people are starting to wake up to the control systems within these medias and migrating away from them. I'm just not sure it isn't too little too late. The real battle will be fought on an individual level on the field of the minds of our friends and family. If we can get people to actually step away from these platforms and distractions long enough to engage in meaningful and civil discourse, we can turn the tide in this war very quickly.
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BatSniffer ago
Twitter and Youtube need to be flushed down the shitter of history
TestForScience ago
Way too many people use them.
Way too many people that use them don’t know that any of this is going on.
Way too many people that DO know what’s going on fully support it.
Boax ago
I'm not sure this is sustainable though. The real question is will they accomplish their goal of eliminating all opposing viewpoints from the available and accessible information before the inevitable counter-culture push they are creating with their blatant abuses of power. The recent articles about Facebook's user decline with younger demographics comes to mind. Maybe this is just because the primary founding user base is into adulthood and it isn't "cool" anymore... maybe it will just be replaced by something worse... but maybe, and this is my contention, people are starting to wake up to the control systems within these medias and migrating away from them. I'm just not sure it isn't too little too late. The real battle will be fought on an individual level on the field of the minds of our friends and family. If we can get people to actually step away from these platforms and distractions long enough to engage in meaningful and civil discourse, we can turn the tide in this war very quickly.