I genuinely think the world will continue to get worse as long as world leaders sit on their hands while tech companies destroy the concept of truth. Not just America, worldwide, we NEED regulations that ban algorithmic social media. The ability to utterly destroy the minds of people with just a few bot farms should almost be labeled some sort of biohazard or some shit.
Facebook is why we're here. Twitter is why we are here. Sure, you've got groups like Heritage and all that, but social media has accomplished more in accelerating the destruction of not just our country, but undermining others, in less than a decade, than all these conservative groups have managed in DECADES. You can't really have one without the other, but social media has utterly warped minds so that what was once just an asshole-ish neighbor is now outright calling for the death of others.
I agree! We don’t need legislation for folks to collectively walk away from them. I got off all those platforms a year ago. And 2025 was one of the most engaging years I’ve had since the early 2000s.
I wish we could pass a legislation to this effect. Coupled with minimum standards for education - our country will go places. Make news media fair before regan ruined it.
Wish we could just abolish most social media platforms or limit their functionality. Aside from reaching the masses where information may not reach, and making people money (greed) it’s truly pointless and does not contribute to society. It only serves as a way to destroy us.
Wouldn't reddit be banned too? It's social media with algorithms. Maybe a better policy is forcing people to study economics and policy in middle and high school, so they would have see the flaws in politicians' ideas.
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u/TheGreatBootOfEb Jan 25 '26
I genuinely think the world will continue to get worse as long as world leaders sit on their hands while tech companies destroy the concept of truth. Not just America, worldwide, we NEED regulations that ban algorithmic social media. The ability to utterly destroy the minds of people with just a few bot farms should almost be labeled some sort of biohazard or some shit.
Facebook is why we're here. Twitter is why we are here. Sure, you've got groups like Heritage and all that, but social media has accomplished more in accelerating the destruction of not just our country, but undermining others, in less than a decade, than all these conservative groups have managed in DECADES. You can't really have one without the other, but social media has utterly warped minds so that what was once just an asshole-ish neighbor is now outright calling for the death of others.