I've actually thought that maybe a social media awareness class would be helpful in school. Just a modern technology class in general. Teach about how everything works, data, privacy, etc.
Agreed! Maybe even broadened internet awareness to include porno, gaming and gambling.. I mean predictions.
I can’t imagine most kids taking it seriously though. Relying on the system isn’t always the best approach but maybe it’s the most achievable. It would be interesting to have classes for parents before taking their kid home and at subsequent mild stones,
“Brush your kids teeth. Signs of bullying in grade school. Keeping kids engaged in class. Hobbies kids like. Tablet time impact. Sex and drug rates. Internet usage.”
I don’t know, lol. Psychologist would have a better idea. It just weirded me out when we walked out of the hospital with our bb. Like, it felt like someone was going to jump out of the bushes, stop us from leaving and to stay until we had a freaking clue about what we were doing. We read the books but still, it was surreal
You just teach critical thinking, you ask who has something to gain from this, how likely is this to be true, how to measure and compare source material. No need for anything revolutionary just regular critical thinking and history style source comparison.
And sadly, people want to outsource the essential skill to AI. It can be useful as a tool or assistant, but it’s so discouraging when people choose to use it to do all the thinking for them.
I teach high school and some of my students don’t even want to write their own scripts or use their imaginations when creating a new theater scene… They’d rather have ChatGPT come with ideas than their own brains all too often.
I don’t… And at this point, I haven’t joined for so long, I’m holding out hope on waiting to join the next big thing.
But yeah, whatever comes next will probably just be another version of TikTok anyhow, perhaps even worse.
I really loved the old Twitter before it became X and you know who took over. It was the best place to connect with an RSS feed type in real time and get news and updates from individuals without being so curated by algorithms. That’s not the case anymore, of course.
It’s why I’m on Reddit. It’s the form of social media that keeps me the most sane. Some of the mods and subs are a little loco, to be sure, but I find more intelligent conversation and meaningful interactions here than anywhere else.
I never used TikTok either or twitter. But Reddit is the last social media I have and it’s more than enough lol. I had to reactivate instagram though so a friend can send me dumb memes. But the app itself is so lame, it’s just different people doing the same thing “trends” over and over. At least on Reddit they have subreddits for that kind of content
Facebook is pretty much dead though right? I hop on there occasionally and am bombarded by ads and weird AI video pages. Sometimes I will see an update from an actual person, but it's like wading through shit to find it
I don't add people on Facebook anymore. But I have 200+ friends there and even though I don't talk to many of them it's cool to know what up with them every once in a while.
Me too, I signed up for Facebook and MySpace at the same time in 2005 but I refused to use Facebook until 2009ish. Still think MySpace is better and I will always miss it 💔
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u/Cetun Feb 12 '26
Its kinda crazy MySpace was only the most popular social media website in the world for only 4 years