Has social media ruined society?

Robsweezie

it could be said that it's the users behind social media and not the media itself that's the problem.

but do you think its gone too far to the point where we've lost all concept of privacy? to me facebook has become somewhat of a glorified tabloid newspaper, fueling gossip and speculation about each other's lives, what we're doing, who we're with. it can be so dangerous . do you agree with people splashing their newborns, baby scans and other personal stuff all over the likes of facebook? have you accepted that facebook etc. has just become an extension of our lives? if you've left facebook, why? i feel like we live too much of our lives through these sites, so much so that we lose what it means to live in the moment. i think facebook has become a people pleasing exercise and a platform for attention seeking, and that's coming from an active user, yet you could say attention seeking is the very nature of facebook.

DoYouEvenLift

I'll tell you in a second, op, just need to check my FB first

AnonoBoy

Television caused unspeakable evil in our society.
Home taping killed music too.

harry Bailey esq

Robsweezie wrote: »

it could be said that it's the users behind social media and not the media itself that's the problem.

but do you think its gone too far to the point where we've lost all concept of privacy? to me facebook has become somewhat of a glorified tabloid newspaper, fueling gossip and speculation about each other's lives, what we're doing, who we're with. it can be so dangerous . do you agree with people splashing their newborns, baby scans and other personal stuff all over the likes of facebook? have you accepted that facebook etc. has just become an extension of our lives? if you've left facebook, why? i feel like we live too much of our lives through these sites, so much so that we lose what it means to live in the moment. i think facebook has become a people pleasing exercise and a platform for attention seeking, and that's coming from an active user, yet you could say attention seeking is the very nature of facebook.

Not yet,but it will.

SureYWouldntYa

No dickheads ruin society

Arsemageddon

Robsweezie wrote: »

to me facebook has become somewhat of a glorified tabloid newspaper, fueling gossip and speculation about each other's lives, what we're doing, who we're with. it can be so dangerous .

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Crimsonforce

No

I've left fb now 3 months. Haven't missed it but you do notice how much gossip goes on with friends saying have you seen what x has said on fb. I now say no, I'm currently busy living a life

roro1990

No

I'm of the opinion that it has. Relentless facebook posts of people trying to appear more exciting than they actually are leading to some people feeling inadequate because their life doesn't seem as exciting as their facebook "friends" highlight reels. Obsessive comparisons can't be good for people's mental health

Karl Stein

Nah. People been all up in erybody's shit since we been livin' in town and cities yo.

karaokeman

The biggest question is how would the world react if, from tomorrow Facebook, Twitter and all other "social networking sites" were shut down permanently?

the evasion_kid

Scrolling down the news feed on Facebook is like an emotional rollercoaster nowadays,I think its turning people into PC emotional basket cases its very fcuked up to behold

SilverScreen

I'd say stupidity has ruined society. Social media is just another outlet for them but not the cause.

0byme75341jo28

Ruined is a bit of an exaggeration.

It's certainly had an effect on society though, in both negative and positive ways.

thelad95

Social media will die eventually. Facebook's popularity is beginning to dwindle. I know three people who have de-activated their profiles and I'm half thinking of doing the same. People can now see through other people's bullshít. Nobody is as happy as their Facebook page suggests.


It's a beautiful irony that we're discussing this issue through social media :pac:

efb

Crimsonforce wrote: »

I've left fb now 3 months. Haven't missed it but you do notice how much gossip goes on with friends saying have you seen what x has said on fb. I now say no, I'm currently busy living a life

On boards...

Venus In Furs

What's with the "badge of honour" thing about closing Facebook! It's not that seismic an achievement.

Facebook is down to the individual - not everyone on it spends every moment there posting non stop inane updates. Some people use it minimally, you can block out anyone annoying you.
Why do people pretend it's this oppressive force that controls them?

gormdubhgorm

The poll should have a what's a facebook option!

Highflyer13

No

I think the likes of Facebook is making people insecure and for some even depressed. People see what others have and become unhappy with their own lot. Its a ripple effect. Serious amount of 'oooh look at me im great about it'.

I'm not on it but I think this is the case from the Gf taking selfies with me and posting ****e every day as many other seem to do. "Look where they went on holidays take me there"or "Oh they got married" :pac:

Highflyer13

No

roro1990 wrote: »

I'm of the opinion that it has. Relentless facebook posts of people trying to appear more exciting than they actually are leading to some people feeling inadequate because their life doesn't seem as exciting as their facebook "friends" highlight reels. Obsessive comparisons can't be good for people's mental health

Actually this. You said it better than I did.

Joshua5

I don't think social media has ruined society... For example on facebook I have over 800 friends, I never knew I had that many friends until I joined facebook. Although I've never met most and we never speak I feel very popular and don't have a need to leave my house one I get likes... I've also joined boards for likes.

Saralee4

I actually think that Facebook is like the film The Matrix haha.

I know a couple who literally post every waking moment of their lives on it. They tell each other how much they love one another by posting on the others page, they even have had fights on it and these are over thirty. How impersonal is that? I feel like its as if they leave nothing for themselves or the real reason they tell their partner they love them is to brag or to get attention? Save it for the wedding day for god sake. I think if they didn't have Facebook they wouldn't have a relationship. The feedback they receive on Facebook gives them some validation for their relationship.

I have another friend who i considered a friend. She is always out but she is a bit miserable. If you look at her Facebook life she is someone you really want to know, so active, so much fun but its so phony. Her and her gal pals go out to take pictures. Her night out is not complete unless they capture every moment for Facebook. Also they do things like take pictures in the toilets or they see a trash-can and stand on it and take a picture and its supposed to be so funny? I was out with her recently and she sat sour faced for the whole night looking at her phone and barely acknowledged me. The next day i see she's tagged me in the bar we were in so she wanted to let everyone know we were out together but couldn't be bothered to talk to me when we were out? wtf!

Ive said in another thread but Facebook is really all about advertising. You advertise yourself and you advertise for bands, products, crap you don't even know your supporting. All of it is validated by the facebook currency of 'Likes'. The more likes the more important you are apparently.

I have been just as guilty as anyone else of falling for the phony flattery of facebook but we really need to stop taking pictures of ourselves every 5 minutes or else we will have all these photos and the memories to go with the photos are going to be about taking photos and how many likes we got rather than the experience itself.

I would like to leave to facebook but i have to say, i did get left out of a lot of conversations and sometimes people just forgot to invite me to things because they just send out the invite through facebook. Also it has been handy to get in touch with family living abroad.

The One Doctor

Yes, society is ruined, feral children scamper over broken sewage pipes, people fight over basic foods, no healthcare, etc. All because of social media.

And I really thought I'd found the world's stupidest question yesterday. Turns out I was wrong.

dublinman1990

It's not just facebook being about an obsessive form of social media, it is snapchat becoming the norm now with some young girls saying recently 'I snapchat ya later' to each other or whatever forms of garbage they say these days.

That combined with facebook is the negative form of social media on society.

However there are positive's in using social media with that point relating to connecting with other family and friends who are Irish ex-pats and living abroad to stay in touch and to keep up with how they are getting on in their new lives.

lazybones32

People make and break Society, not instruments.

People complain a lot about FB but Boards might be the FB of ugly Irish people? There are ignore functions and 'hide' buttons on social media sites, so you don't have to listen.

To Elland Back

As with all things in life, moderation is the key. The excessive use of the vast array of social media outlets available at the moment will peak and level out

bucketybuck

No

Forget Facebook, the biggest crime in modern society is that you will see so-called serious news outlets actually devote segments to reading out what random people are saying on Twitter. Absolutely ****ing ridiculous.

Can you imagine that 20 years ago? "Shocking news there about the president, here's what Jim from down the pub had to say about it..."

cml387

The problem is that before Facebook you only had a vague idea about how many stupid people are out there.

The reality is appalling.

Kim Kardashi Un

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Television caused unspeakable evil in our society.
Home taping killed music too.

Let's not forget what video did to the radio star.

AnonoBoy

cml387 wrote: »

The problem is that before Facebook you only had a vague idea about how many stupid people are out there.

The reality is appalling.

Idiotic opinions that are demonstrably false broadcast loudly and often.

The Unfollow Button is my friend on Facebook.

ShadowHearth

It looks like Facebook just became a place to post these:

Baby pictures
Funny pictures
Vines
pictures of going out
Selfies
Cancer share/like/amen
Holiday pictures

There is very very little of actual real life in there, but everyone always goes to check what's new.

Adamantium

It is a sort of sad/bland delivery method in terms of delivering life events, I've had cousins announce babies and engagements over it, and the news gets to the parents before they can/care to tell them in person. My abiding memory will be an impersonal blue and white wall as will the memories of millions of others

My parents from their young adulthood have all these stories of where you were so-so spread the news, how'd they break the big news, the excitement, the tension.

Humans need that sort of sponatenity, but it's all very impersonal. What are our stories going to be? All the same?

In 2030: "So how did Granny and Grandad find out/react when they heard you were having me Daddy?"

"Well Mammy and I announced on the now defunct facebook and received 98 likes, though this photos were a bitch to upload from Gran Canaria so I haggle with Lucas the techie guy who ran the internet cafe above the sex shop across the road from the hotel we were staying at just so your mother could feel validated"