Social media - echo chambers and politics

[JimC]

In my day, youngster, all that mattered was sex, drugs and rock & roll!

[Sean Hayden]

[rasetsu]

And now you're down to only one of the three.

[Svartalf]

Which is still more than I can claim...
I listen to jazz or folk music, not much rock
the only drugs I take are prescribed by a physician
As for sex, I'm still looking for girls who'll want that kind of fun with me... come , I don't bite.
Pity sex gratefully accepted.

[JimC]

And now you're down to only one of the three.

Well yes, gin is a drug I suppose...

[Tero]

Musk confuses conspiracy theories with science
https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-u ... uestioning

[Cunt]

So the previous, FBI-led twitter was 'The Science', rather than the conspiracy theories?

Mr. Musk DID say that all the conspiracy theories about twitter came true. Maybe that IS the new 'science'.

This Texas chap is probably out of his echo chamber, and on TWITTER where all mistruths ought to be fact-checked...darn shame the lefties have all moved over to new echo chambers, he'll probably get away with it.

[Tero]

It's just a hobby. He is bored and likes conspiracy theories. Just like Trump liked dumb voters.

[Cunt]

It's just a hobby. He is bored and likes conspiracy theories. Just like Trump liked dumb voters.

He does seem to. Even has a famously 'q' photo on his bedside table.



I'm glad I didn't go out on a limb with the q stuff. Still haven't been wrong about my take on it, in several years. This though, I don't know what to think. I would mostly guess he is trolling with this photo. Though with his body, I think the diet coke is probably legit.

[Brian Peacock]

Musk seems to be posting like a divorced dad whose kids don't want to spend any time with him.

[Brian Peacock]

Social media triggers children to dislike their own bodies, says study

hree out of four children as young as 12 dislike their bodies and are embarrassed by the way they look, increasing to eight in 10 young people aged 18 to 21.

The findings come from a major new study warning that social media represents a significant risk to the current and future health of today’s young generations.

Nearly half of all children and young people aged from 12 to 21 questioned said they have become withdrawn, started exercising excessively, stopped socialising completely or self-harmed because they are regularly bullied or trolled online about their physical appearance.

Four in 10 said they are in mental health distress, with almost one in five experiencing body image issues and 14% experiencing eating difficulties, such as extreme restrictive eating, binge eating and purging or vomiting. Of those in need of support, just one in ten young people were receiving treatment.

...

The survey found that 97% of children as young as 12 are now on social media. Despite almost 70% saying that social media makes them feel stressed, anxious and depressed – with two-thirds saying they were worried by the amount of time they spend on social media – the average daily time spent on apps was 3.65 hours.

Those questioned admitted they continued to access apps despite concerns that their mental health was being damaged by the online content pushed at them by social media algorithms: a statistic rising from 54% of 12-14-year-olds to 60% of 15-17-year-olds and 71% of 18-21-year-olds.

Despite that, 95% of those questioned said they felt helpless when it came to quitting their online habit. They also admitted that they are four times more likely to turn to social media apps than to talk to friends and family when seeking to overcome negative feelings or low self-worth about their bodies....

[Tero]

Things To Never Say To Someone Who Loves Elon Musk

https://www.theonion.com/things-to-neve ... 1849725045

“He’s not even in my top five tyrants.”
“He’s impregnated everyone else. Why not you?”

“Age of consent laws are good.”

[Tero]

FB pushed right wing shit to fake user created by the experimenters. Start from 3:30. It then continues on to Fox news

[Brian Peacock]

For the long story even longer read Angrynomics
by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth.

https://amzn.eu/d/d7wtVMW

[Tero]

For the long story even longer read Angrynomics
by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth.

https://amzn.eu/d/d7wtVMW

He seems to be on the same track as Robert Reich. I can listen to his videos but I have yet to finish a Robert Reich book.

I was going to do a no books March, so I guess I can still sneak in a book to buy. I noted that he also wrote Austerity. Now looking at prices of used copies of both.