Ryan Talbot

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@ItalianQueenAri @laurarw SM definitely works as a distraction, but I also know that I'm just as likely to pick up another tool to distract myself if I really hate what I'm doing. Books can be just as bad, same with videos, but I do feel like I at least get something more worthwhile out of those mediums

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@JordanStefut @laurarw I find it funny to see a post about social media being used for critical thinking, but I do like the aspect about networking. In the middle of a pandemic, w/o any physical events, we've had to rely on SM more and more for work, and I'm starting to see the benefit of LinkedIn

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@ItalianQueenAri @laurarw You can add shortening my attention span to the list, but I definitely agree with it shrinking the world. I have friends across national boundaries I've never met before, and it's a brilliant thing to me that human connection can span latitude and longitude without worry of miles

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@Mholmannn @laurarw I tend to get trapped in more left-leaning discourse on social media, especially YouTube, but it's always this wild experience when I accidentally click on a anti-fem video and get this slurry of right-wing propaganda in my feed for the next two days. I don't want more of it.

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@jckmd_ @laurarw @everyword What's interesting is how time seems to eddy back with things like timelines and highlights built into the platform to show you what you've posted before. It's almost as though we can never let go of the past in it's entirety, only map it out and relive it again and again

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@noah_bruce01 @laurarw What's interesting to me about AI training for these kinds of things is exactly where the AI are trained. As the article mentions, where the AI is trained can determine the bias (like the Enron emails) which in turn can discriminate or only exacerbate the disinformation problem

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@JordanStefut @laurarw It's wild to me, because often times google does the same thing. Every now and then I get bored enough that the notifications get me, and I think that is exactly the end goal. It's already the definition. If you don't have the user's endless attention, you don't have their cash

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@Krissy_Marie347 @laurarw I hate the concept of the nuclear family, and I think it's an archaic way of modeling familial relations. I don't think SM has had a negative impact on the way my family, even though my parents post too much on facebook, as we always had time at dinner or sharing games

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@alexisboone91 @laurarw The fact that SM is more addictive than drugs and cigarettes is wild to me, but it makes sense. I think there's definitely a net positive on how closely connected people are now, especially with friends I have across borders, but there's a constant fear of FOMO now too

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@jaylaxchristina @laurarw On one side, I really like seeing a means of critique on a site, and the fact that it might have annoyed some people in charge is brilliant to me. On the other, I think likes and followers do genuinely have a negative impact on mental health in the rat race to gather the max

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@4ReghansEdu @laurarw I got my first smartphone at 16 when I got a car, and it was pretty much so I could contact my parents while I was out. It's kind of weird though because I didn't learn some skills, like taking a good photo or staying up to date and in contact on SM which my peers did intuitively

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@paypay717 SM is definitely a positive for building connections and accessing content; as a rural kid most of mine were through the screen. Yet I found my share of bad scenarios too, and I think that's one of the risks we run having an open internet. The best we can do is hope to mitigate

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@mia_petros @laurarw I'm definitely someone who connects to the point about marginalized spaces and I've made many friends through that discourse community. Yet different communication styles, like my own lack of responses, can make it difficult to balance or strains otherwise healthy relationships

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@cdavis901 @laurarw The biggest tool to combat this is ease of use, but it's also the most difficult; the article states disinformation spreads quickly. The issue is how easy it is to spread/read that info, so an effective tool has to avoid the perils of censorship, but not impede the user's access

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@lsr305s @laurarw The point of switching to more private apps hits home for me as I've always been the kind of person to use more IM based services like discord and telegram. There's something about it that gives me more power to personally curate who I engage with, and I like a smaller circle

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@nataliegalle_uc @laurarw I really like the take that SM activism has to be a part of larger offline movements. It reminds me of the Arab Spring, where the spark was on SM, but the govt. internet shutdown put people in the streets. It's pretty close to the BLM protests we saw this summer

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@musicalshazel @laurarw I've definitely used slack before as a more corporate social media, especially in programming fields, but I've always wanted to get a better grip on analytic tools like google trends and the like. Buffer also seems cool as most brands and roles require more than one platform

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@LeahBoehner @laurarw I'm always wary when it comes to balancing open speech versus misinformation. It's crucial to limit the spread of false information, but law is built on precedent, and it's difficult to predict where our current actions will lead us further into the future w/ privacy vs security

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@samfluffypants @laurarw I'm a weirdo who hates infographics, but I do like the information. Writing blog posts and linking related sites reminds me of web rings from the old .com era, where, without robust search engines, the easiest way to find close content was to build promotion into the site

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@mike_schlott @laurarw SM has definitely degraded my attention span in the ways I engage with media. I'd say that all that hunger for new, easy to read information and the dopamine rush that comes with notifications contributes to depression, kind of like rats in a cage pulling a lever on repeat