Topic: Social Media is cancer - page 2. (Read 1259 times)

That is the fact social media if misused is even worst then a cancer, bad social media can destroy a Nation and crime on a high rate, fake new and documentary every where preaching lies and deceit.

Has it really? It's like having a disease that you have purposely infected yourself with but we also have the cure for. Just turn off your computer if it negatively effects you so much. Technology should enhance your life, but if it doesn't them you should just stop using it.

As with any tool, its importance and merits are due to the users rather than the tool itself.

News have been fake since before social media.
Social media allows you to actively participate in picking your sources, so if you're smart, you'll get better quality than traditional media.
The bigger problem is social media addictions for the common folk, an even higher motivation to keep up with the joneses, jealousy, fake bragging and all that destructive garbage.
And since I don't care about news all that much I don't use social media (except linkedin).
No-one is forcing you to use it...

His surely understands the problem. I also do and I am also willing to help him in my little own ways.

Social media is really a cancer when it comes to spreading fake informations.

Thro, social media everyone can become a reporter a weather forecaster a scientist, analyst and whatsoever. Without a proper degree or a professional license.

Would you want to have your child getting feed with bullshit information cause I don't

Yes It's right, Social media is cancer for a politician who walks on the wrong way and informer for the public. Today social media is a big weapon to say your opinion in public.

    I cannot say that I am depensive on social media itself, i can say there are advantages and disadvantages in social media it is depend on a person recieve the news how to handle for it, the one sending the news must have their responsibility on the news exposed.Like if you send false news to the public hoping that giving him/her a big sanction accordingly. but also socia media can help so many good things.

Life quality has vastly eroded due to social media so i'd say the word choice is perfect.

these american billionaires are increasingly jokes,

the federal reserves, breeds them prints a billion usd, and then tells them to say something they want to keep everyone enslaved and fixed on them.

Social Media is a perfect gateway to push fake news down the throat of all readers. It indeed is cancerous.
With the rise of AI and Bots. Fake news will be evermore a greater problem that has the potential to ignite fear, uncertainty and doubt. It can fool even the educated.

So... if WW3 happens... social media may play a part in causing it.

If you think social media is cancer then what are you doing on this forum? Social media isn't cancer. People are the problem. Social media sure can be toxic but I think it's not just social media but the internet as a whole and how we use it. The issue with the internet is -- and especially social media - is people tend to be who they're not and project a lifestyle that is far from the truth. On this forum everyone hides behind a username and avatar and you have a screen to protect you from whatever you say. On social media like Facebook and Instagram people mostly just post the best aspects about their life. They post pictures or updates of their vacations abroad, or new clothes and flashy purchases, or when they're eating out at a fancy restaurant and generally having a good time. They're not going to post a selfie of them crying themselves to sleep at night or take a picture of the bill they've just received that they can't afford to pay and this skews people's realities and that leads to animosity and fomo. When someone see's someone else posting pictures living seemingly lavish lifestyles or just having something they don't have then people get upset and envious because they want that too, but it's usually not how they're actually living in reality. I think that's why social media can be very toxic and damaging to a lot of people's mental health but it's not really the cause but who we are as people and how how we use social media.

I think the anonymity the internet provides you is like a superpower in itself. It's like what happens when you give people guns. Cowards love them because it levels the playing-field. A coward would never stand up to a bully or someone that's twice the size of them in real life but they will if they've got a gun in their pocket because that makes them ten feet tall and as brave as a lion. If anything goes wrong then the gun is coming out. Same thing happens with the internet as the internet is their virtual gun. Some scrawny anemic teenager in his mom's basement can troll and get aggressive with whoever he wants because he has the protection of a screen and nobody is going to punch him in the face for being a twat so he says whatever he wants without consequence. He's living his life like the way he wished he could in reality just as people do on social media.

I don't use social media because I don't really see the point. If you want to talk to your friend, you can call them or text them. Even better, meet up with your friends in person and talk to each other face to face while you hang out. Where does social media come into any of that? I dunno. I don't care what everyone else does. I guess that's why I don't use social media.

Social media is cancer but if we just use it correctly it will be not.

Social media is useful in different ways but it depends on how will you use it. Control and Discipline is the Key
If you use it for a good purpose its okay but if you use it in bad or use it for nothing and if you got addicted of using social media then it/you will become toxic.

They create social media to connect but we don't realize that we are disconnected with people around us.  
Lets not get lost in the world of social media because sometimes we don't appreciate and forgot the world that is right in front of us.

 don't think that social media is cancer, that depends or how you use the social media. If you use to promote your business, meet new people and products, expand your number of friends and who knows maybe meet the love of your life you can make social media a great tool. But if you only use it for stalking and watch trash Videos you are going to waste a lot of time.

I somewhat agree, yes, we cannot imagine our lives without social media anymore. This is where we get our everyday news, talk to family and friends etc... but then again, could it be replaced? I think yes, I don't know with what yet, but as everything is being developed so fast I think soon we will have a totally different understanding of social media than we do at this very moment. There's been so much talk about how Facebook is dying etc... that probably means that people are craving for new solutions and where there is demand there will be a solution.

Social media is just a waste of an great potential.

The truth is we can easily check the authenticity of a fake news, it is just we just too lazy that make it simply broadcasted. We need to have a critical thinking to solve the problem, we need to look at the bigger picture instead of just clicking/sharing around an unreliable news to prevent continuing the deceive chain.

Mr. Patrick Soon-Shiong underlines the fake news on social media. The fake news won't be good anywhere in the world.

This is just hilarious,it can be a cancer for some but it has changed lives especially in third world countries so it isn't entirely bad.

Well the reality it is, if i will be a billionaire man, i should too keep my children away from doing social media, one of the factor that people now days, mostly the teens, suffering on a concept that they feel suffocating by the fact that the longer they hold on the toxic they become.

Yes it is like a diary or a journal book that you can posted in and say what on your mind, but now it becoming more and more toxic though.

I don't agree with that  i think its due to social media we are now in a ways attached and know everything, everyone has his opinion but without social media every news was controlled by news czar.

I feel that yes, bullying is one problem, but the other problem is that kids (well, lets be honest, not only kids) generate their self-worth relying on social media and their followers often leading to depression when their fellow classmates and friends have far more followers and likes on social media platforms.

What is even worse is that now when having a YouTube channel and being sort of a YouTube celebrity is also popular among kids and often 14-15 year olds have quite a big fanbase, they are not quite there to ponder on what they are really saying. Often topics like "shcool sucks, why do we even need it" or "I hate my teacher" are being discussed and other kids who have created role models out of personals take up the same attitude...

What I want to say here is that all of this both bullying and sort of putting yourself out there should maybe be more up for discussion and maybe even handled and discussed at an early age what consequences all of these things might have. Maybe if kids grow up with understanding what harm all of this might cause they will be more cautious with what they are doing and saying.