I agree that we should learn not to overreact, but I also think that social media plays an integral role in the quality (or lack thereof) of our discourse.
Research shows that hate is the most virulent type of content that spreads on Twitter and there’s a whole cohort of Twitter employees and investors that have an interest in advancing that business. Same thing with Facebook.
There’s a tremendous amount of money to be made by our own industry to drum up this fear and anxiety, we can’t just blame it all on the anchors sitting behind the desks. The platforms are culpable as well.
Research shows that hate is the most virulent type of content that spreads on Twitter and there’s a whole cohort of Twitter employees and investors that have an interest in advancing that business. Same thing with Facebook.
There’s a tremendous amount of money to be made by our own industry to drum up this fear and anxiety, we can’t just blame it all on the anchors sitting behind the desks. The platforms are culpable as well.