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Re: Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance

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Post by simmanian » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 6:46 PM UTC

themagician wrote: post #100

Social media wasn’t always like this. I think back to the ways I used Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in the early days and they were completely different than they way they are used today. They were personal, real time, and no one cared about “likes”. I think a lot of the problems with social media today could be solved just by removing “the numbers.” If suddenly all the like, follower, following, and comment counts…

My experience with Facebook "in the early days" is different in that I very much cared about how many likes I got on my posts and updates, whereas now I absolutely do not care.

Re: Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance

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Post by bachbach » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 8:31 PM UTC

themagician wrote: post #100

Social media wasn’t always like this. I think back to the ways I used Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in the early days and they were completely different than they way they are used today. They were personal, real time, and no one cared about “likes”. I think a lot of the problems with social media today could be solved just by removing “the numbers.” If suddenly all the like, follower, following, and comment counts…

And using real names and real photographs ironically makes most of us less genuine.

Re: Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance

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Post by reciprocity » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:00 AM UTC

mng42 wrote: post #144

joe_the_user wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm one Facebook a lot and even on the rather leftward side and I don't experience any extreme toxicity (though I hear a lot about it). Some of my friends care about likes but mostly when they feel they're being ignored. I administer a large-ish group where respectful discussion is non-negotiable. It works, it serves it's purpose. I think "good moderation" is basically the answer for toxicity.

Agree-> 'good moderation'

Please put more substance in your comments.

Re: Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance

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Post by blablabla123 » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 6:57 AM UTC

themagician wrote: post #100

Social media wasn’t always like this. I think back to the ways I used Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in the early days and they were completely different than they way they are used today. They were personal, real time, and no one cared about “likes”. I think a lot of the problems with social media today could be solved just by removing “the numbers.” If suddenly all the like, follower, following, and comment counts…

> Social media wasn’t always like this. I think back to the

> ways I used Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in the early

> days and they were completely different than they way they

> are used today. They were personal, real time, and no one

> cared about “likes”.

Yup, also when considering how this all evolved. Before that there were Newsgroups (mega techy) and various online forums/chats. They were a little trashy but people were very engaged. On the other hand pseudonymity was omnipresent, Facebook was the first big one to change that. Now there are far more users and far less online communities.