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[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@ItalianQueenAri @laurarw Not to come across as bragging, but I can't really say so. It's easy for me to say though since it's been a couple years since I've basically sworn off of it. I found I mainly engaged with it out of habit and boredom. Devote your energy elsewhere and you may not regret it!

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@Mholmannn @laurarw My guess is that what we're seeing is good old fashioned market saturation. Could it be that we've reached the ceiling of what these platforms can do until some unseen technology comes along? It'll take some sort of innovation to break the stagnation.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@noah_bruce01 @laurarw Fact checking is more important than ever, but we've got to be able to do it on an individual basis. AI fact checking and Twitter labels are all neat little half-solutions. The real solution is a lot more nuanced and difficult to implement: better education.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@4ReghansEdu @laurarw I'm with Bill on this one. A lot of harm can be done if a developing mind is given too much freedom before they've developed a sense of self-awareness. That was true before social media/smartphones and it's true today. The internet is a wild place; let's wean them onto it.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@laurarw @t_lb_t As someone who doesn't use much social media, this was concerning! I hope having a linkedin page is enough to avoid such suspicion.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@Krissy_Marie347 @laurarw It's led to a profound sense of disappointment that I hold for my parents. They found FB in the last couple years and the quality of their digested information has plummeted. I am often sent misinformation and propaganda from clearly dubious sources and it makes me sad and angry

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@ShakyraDeshae @HuffPostBlog The answer may depend on where you are in life. Did it affect me 10 years ago? Probably. Less so today. As time goes on I find it easier to disregard other's opinions and lifestyles, and so the effect SM has on us may wane as we find our own security in life.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@paypay717 I think that social media is mostly a risk to young, developing minds. The mode of communication that people use via social media can quickly become malevolent, perhaps even more so for kids. I'm not sure what a parent can do about it without hovering over their kids shoulder.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@t_lb_t @laurarw If they want to go through things you've posted publicly, that's one thing. We can't expect much privacy in that sense. If they want to actually log into your account, that's completely exploitative and invasive. It's frankly scary that the law often overlooks all of this.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

#ucengl2074 @laurarw https://t.co/aNrQYcAkwL

Does social media put far-right authoritarians at an advantage over others? Politically speaking, does social media do more to unite or divide us? What are the best tools to fight these problems? Education? Regulation?

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@lydiaemiller11 @laurarw It seems that the hardest part is establishing ethos. In a sea of voices, what makes mine worth listening to? My biggest takeaway is that it's important to keep your writing audience focused. Social media so often serves the ego; we need to remind ourselves who we're writing to.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@mike_schlott @laurarw Productivity aside, I think its all around healthier to have the notifications off. It breaks a habit, or keeps a bad one from forming. Making a more deliberate choice to consume social media is better all around, rather than having it constantly come to you.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@t_lb_t @laurarw Excuse my skepticism, but I see this as just a lot of lip service from Facebook. It's long been time for this industry to be regulated , where their responsibility is to the level of print publishers. Facebook is just trying to get ahead of that conversation with these "efforts".

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@Mholmannn @laurarw I think it's impossible for anyone to have not been affected by this phenomenon. It's just the nature of how we socialize. It's a really tricky problem to tackle because it demands a high degree of self-awareness. It demands that we ask ourselves some hard questions.

[cdavis90 @cdavis901]

@laurarw Hi everyone. I'm Curtis and I'm a senior in the RPW track.