Social media isn’t what it was.It’s a great sign？

[_Bold_Beauty_]

I agree. It feels like a natural shift less chasing clout, more consuming and sharing what actually resonates. Entertainment + niche communities seem to fit how people want to use social now, and that’s probably healthier than the old influencer-first era.

[Acceptable-Bat-9577]

A neverending avalanche of AI slop and AI moderation that mass bans people’s grandmas, accusing them of cheese pizza for posting photos of their grandchildren or their garden is a great sign? Truly, this is a new, enlightened age.

[Rich-Editor-8165]

I think the shift roots with people wanting less performance and more context…when everything felt like a public profilethe pressure to be polished was constant. Entertainment first spaces let people participate without tying it to identity or status. Niche communities also lower the cost of being specific instead of broadly appealing. That honestly feels like a healthier social craving than trying interest everyone at once.

[d3ogmerek]

I’ve deleted my FB / IG last summer and didn’t even looked back… useless pile of shit apps.

[Realistic-Weight5078]

More relaxing? Are we on the same internet? It feels like a rat race full of commercials to me. Everyone’s selling something, whether it’s something tangible or whether it’s a stylized and curated version of their life. Everyone thinks they’re an influencer and are trying to make a buck. AI slop is everywhere. All of our data is tracked and stored so that we can be sold to even more specifically. I could go on. Sorry to be negative nancy, but what on earth…

[oblivion098]

Its all made to pump as much information as could from users
To sell
But to controle minde behaviours emotions
And that feed up to palantir or similar entities

Time to leave these things

Also its not where ull find data out of the box. As its made for the opposite purpose

[spare_oom4]

Was this written by ai? One scroll through insta and it’s pure repeatable, unhinged crap. If I hear one more “hook” I’ll shoot my brains out.

Social media is poor entertainment content. And Zuck and cronies don’t have to worry about making a Netflix series or show. They pawn of the backs of creators forcing them to make unhinged content to meet quotas to get “paid.”

It’s all bogus. Social media ruined us.

[TakeItCeezy]

When it comes to social media, I feel like you get what you put into it. If you’re constantly falling for ragebait and engage from a negative emotional space, well…the algorithm is going to keep feeding you emotionally upsetting stuff because you react to it. Yeah, people are mean to each other online, but compared to MOST of human history? Mean tweets are way better than literal witch hunts, tarring & feathering or whatever other brutal stuff humans would do to the ‘other.’

If you ignore the tribalism-coded bullshit, the internet and social media is pretty awesome. No mater how weird, niche or hyper-specific your interest is, there is likely a small community (or multiple) centered around that interest. I wouldn’t personally say there are new social cravings. More so, the Wild West era of the internet has been settled, and now we’re beginning to see community centers, malls, flea markets, movie theaters, arcades, and more pop up.

In some ways, we could compare our current era to a digital form of the Renaissance era. We’re essentially in the middle of a ‘rebirth’ with how humans learn and experience the world.

[Afishionado123]

Tbh I couldn’t disagree with you more.

Nothing about constant ads, influencers and constant shortform content is relaxing to me, particularly when its not even stuff I follow. I miss when I logged on and just saw my friends and family and community members not all this constant bs we have now. Its exhausting and so bad for us.

It does seem like there is a shift away from overreliance on social media and experiencing real life over digital though and that, to me, is a great sign.