Second thoughts, focusing more on the gap between social media and blogging-- it's slower.
The behaviors that work in person mostly work on TwiX, other than it being harder to gaslight about "I never said that."
In blogging?
Folks form a full thought, have to build it, and you can actually look at the mostly-finished product-- which makes it a lot easier to <I>see</I> the social manipulation tricks that are there to make you mad, or 'put you in your place,' but they don't work so well because you have to respond in a longer format.
I think the connection between social media and negative health outcomes does exist-- but social media addiction is a symptom, not a cause.
The problem is folks being locked in with a small, feral group that can and does absolutely destroy them for violating this week's norms.
When I was a teen, I was able to be involved with real adults as well as my classmates-- one of those "weird" and "antisocial" kids who was willing to talk to folks who had something to say, and otherwise shut up because it wasn't worth the abuse-- and the yahoo star trek boards were a godsend.
Basically social media takes blogging and shorts out the natural feedback loop, making it impossible for anyone to "slow their roll." It's rats in a maze with cocaine-laced cheese at every checkpoint.
Which, as any engineer can tell you, is a bad thing. You want a negative feedback loop that tells you to stop before you oscillate out of control. Positive feedback loops cause the oscillations.
Blogging is slower, as said in another comment, it requires more thought. Besides, footnotes! (also, check your email, images incoming).
Second thoughts, focusing more on the gap between social media and blogging-- it's slower.
The behaviors that work in person mostly work on TwiX, other than it being harder to gaslight about "I never said that."
In blogging?
Folks form a full thought, have to build it, and you can actually look at the mostly-finished product-- which makes it a lot easier to <I>see</I> the social manipulation tricks that are there to make you mad, or 'put you in your place,' but they don't work so well because you have to respond in a longer format.
I think the connection between social media and negative health outcomes does exist-- but social media addiction is a symptom, not a cause.
The problem is folks being locked in with a small, feral group that can and does absolutely destroy them for violating this week's norms.
When I was a teen, I was able to be involved with real adults as well as my classmates-- one of those "weird" and "antisocial" kids who was willing to talk to folks who had something to say, and otherwise shut up because it wasn't worth the abuse-- and the yahoo star trek boards were a godsend.
Much closer to blogging than TwiX, though.
Basically social media takes blogging and shorts out the natural feedback loop, making it impossible for anyone to "slow their roll." It's rats in a maze with cocaine-laced cheese at every checkpoint.
It's a positive feedback loop!
Which, as any engineer can tell you, is a bad thing. You want a negative feedback loop that tells you to stop before you oscillate out of control. Positive feedback loops cause the oscillations.
Miss seeing you there, though.