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Corvo Bianco

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29. The only social media I blindly believe are LuckyCharns'

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Sat Dec 16, 2017, 01:19 PM

Dec 2017

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I think that social media has damaged the the human species beyond repair. [View all] LuckyCharms Dec 2017 OP

So you say, on social media. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #1

Tell that to a troll posting right wing bullshit on this site. LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #2

But with the level of control you have on Facebook and Twitter, it's very easy to eliminate those WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #4

What about the people who are "middle of the road" or LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #5

What about them? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #15

Their general apathy probably makes them less compelled to recognize or eliminate LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #17

How is that different from them running into Fox News at the car repair shop or doctor's office, and WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #19

Well, people don't have their nose buried in Fox News at the car repair shop LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #22

A tool in the hands of the ignorant is useless GusBob Dec 2017 #8

They are not any more brainwashed... kentuck Dec 2017 #3

Like Fox News did not change any minds? LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #6

Apples and oranges, I think? kentuck Dec 2017 #11

I would like to believe you are correct... LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #13

It is possible that Facebook has made their biases worse? kentuck Dec 2017 #32

One fact is that idiots and hucksters can get national attention quickly, wherein in the past RKP5637 Dec 2017 #7

I agree. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #9

The main damage I see is... SHRED Dec 2017 #10

I was actually just pondering this when your response popped up. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #12

+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #16

They said that about television, back in the day. Mariana Dec 2017 #23

And they were correct SHRED Dec 2017 #25

So the damage has already been done. Mariana Dec 2017 #38

The damage amplifies in my opinion SHRED Dec 2017 #39

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Dec 2017 #27

Propaganda was just as potent in the eighteenth century... NCTraveler Dec 2017 #14

Yep, SOS, but a different means of communication. It's always been there. One point is, that today RKP5637 Dec 2017 #18

Amen tymorial Dec 2017 #20

Refuse to use Facebook riverwalker Dec 2017 #21

people who tell me to go to their facebook page to see holiday pics Skittles Dec 2017 #47

There was a great lengthy article posted here recently GusBob Dec 2017 #24

Fun fact: DU is social media. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2017 #26

See reply #1. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #34

Can't see #1 reply PDittie Dec 2017 #41

I'm sorry, I meant #2 (my reply). My mistake. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #44

Agreed. democratisphere Dec 2017 #28

The only social media I blindly believe are LuckyCharns' Corvo Bianco Dec 2017 #29

I've been hearing this sort of complaint all my life DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #30

Facebook is about 14 years old. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #35

Sure, but the awareness of it as a major force is recent. DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #37

No. Corporate media has done that leftstreet Dec 2017 #31

Even though a large percentage of posts are made by bots? n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #36

One womans opinion: People are the real problem, not the medium the use to communicate... Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #33

THIS Cosmocat Dec 2017 #46

Don't fret PDittie Dec 2017 #40

My parents generation used to say the same thing about Rock & Roll, their's Swing and Big Band. TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #42

I just find it too invasive IluvPitties Dec 2017 #43

I'm guessing the same thing was said about the Gutenburg printing press... brooklynite Dec 2017 #45

It definitely has contributed to the Balkanization of the USA. roamer65 Dec 2017 #48