It's time to treat social media like the climate crisis, researchers argue (gizmodo.com) 14 points by cratermoon 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] pentaphobe 5y ago ↗ Pretend it doesn't exist? [–] [dead] Proven 5y ago ↗ Yes.For the record, that approach has been working great for me in the both cases.
[–] [dead] Proven 5y ago ↗ Yes.For the record, that approach has been working great for me in the both cases.
[–] hkai 5y ago ↗ "Please let us arbitrarily censor anyone for any reason and we promise your life will be better"Yes, this idea worked every time. [–] cratermoon 5y ago ↗ https://xkcd.com/1357/
[–] coldelectrons 5y ago ↗ Pretend it doesn't exist and double and triple down on everthing that led to the problem? [–] sircastor 5y ago ↗ I came here to post basically this.And thinking on what you just wrote, it kind of feels like that is exactly what we’ve been doing with social media.
[–] sircastor 5y ago ↗ I came here to post basically this.And thinking on what you just wrote, it kind of feels like that is exactly what we’ve been doing with social media.
[–] Black101 5y ago ↗ The climate crisis is a solution to over-population... not sure what social media does.
[–] mikewarot 5y ago ↗ So we're going to find another young angry Scandinavian to scold us for our sins? ;-)
[–] stevenalowe 5y ago ↗ "Taking this to the next logical step, they suggest elevating the social media architect to a solemn respectable post, requiring something like a Hippocratic oath."What's a "social media architect"? Is that a Matrix reference? [–] cratermoon 5y ago ↗ The scientists who make apps addictive, perhaps? https://www.economist.com/1843/2016/10/20/the-scientists-who...
[–] cratermoon 5y ago ↗ The scientists who make apps addictive, perhaps? https://www.economist.com/1843/2016/10/20/the-scientists-who...
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 31.8 ms ] threadFor the record, that approach has been working great for me in the both cases.
Yes, this idea worked every time.
And thinking on what you just wrote, it kind of feels like that is exactly what we’ve been doing with social media.
What's a "social media architect"? Is that a Matrix reference?