Is there a direct correlation between the advent and proliferation of social media and downgrade of society ?

Or is it just advertised much more now ....

Desensitized people educated by social media....

Zero people skills or experience in real life.....

Definitely downgrading life....

I think it has had a disproportionate effect on the dumb......making them even dumber.

They lap up all the dross, conspiracy theories and influencer rubbish, none of which existed prior to the tinterweb.

People are doing what they want.

That’s usually not that great.

But people should always do what they want and let the chips fall where they may

They don’t want to talk to me in a restaurant or on the plane. They want to talk to people they already know. I support them in that.

Or they want to watch kittens tangled up in yarn on TikTok. Is this stopping them from discovering a cure for cancer?

Reluctantly, I must vote no.

Instead of deep thoughts, They are wondering what happens when two kittens get tangled up in yarn.

Maybe the first kitten can help the second kitten.

But really, there are many possible outcomes.

Yes. We are marching backwards towards the Cro Magnon II era. We stopped advancing 25 years ago. And now AI is making it worse.

I consider social media to be the most destructive force in contemporary culture today. Children are growing up now in a world where they expect immediate response, gratification and notification. Their brains no longer have time to evolve; they must adapt to change in an instant, and the results are distressing. The difficulties of growing up have never been so public. Social technology provides a platform where things can run wild. Imagine the stress of high school – the competition for popularity, the pressure to fit in, the judgmental nature of social activities – at an accelerated pace. We try to protect our children from wandering off into the darkness on their own, and it turns out they are doing exactly that – online. When they get older and “ready,” we send them off to college, where they face more pressures. But social media has an infamous dark side and the more people share, the more serious this side becomes. As it turns out, living your life online has serious consequences for your self-esteem, your relationships, and your career prospects. 

And it is a strong indication of just how bent, warped and misguided contemporary culture and society is, that someone can be considered an idol or celebrity just because they have alot of followers on Tik tok, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. 

7 hours ago, PhilipHabib said:

Is there a direct correlation between the advent and proliferation of social media and downgrade of society ?

Or is it just advertised much more now ....

There are a few studies that show the impact of social media on mental heath.

Study: Social media use linked to decline in mental health

Researchers found a significant link between the presence of Facebook and increases in anxiety and depression among college students.

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/study-social-media-use-linked-to-decline-mental-health

15 hours ago, PhilipHabib said:

Is there a direct correlation between the advent and proliferation of social media and downgrade of society ?

Yes of course.

The much more troubling aspect is when you realise social media was a military industrial complex psyop, a social engineering project, to gather data.

The data is collated, parsed and reassembled and will be used against you one way or another.

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16 hours ago, MIke B Bad said:

I think it has had a disproportionate effect on the dumb......making them even dumber.

They lap up all the dross, conspiracy theories and influencer rubbish, none of which existed prior to the tinterweb.

True in a way but a bit of a generalisation. Nick Shirly was branded by the left as a right wing influencer and a conspiracy theorists yet people are now going to jail because of what he exposed. Your initial statement of the dumb getting dumber though is spot on. The "shorts" format is definitely contributing to this.

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17 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Desensitized people educated by social media....

Zero people skills or experience in real life.....

Definitely downgrading life....

You have over 10,000 posts on this social media alone

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Yes. We are marching backwards towards the Cro Magnon II era. We stopped advancing 25 years ago. And now AI is making it worse.

I consider social media to be the most destructive force in contemporary culture today. Children are growing up now in a world where they expect immediate response, gratification and notification. Their brains no longer have time to evolve; they must adapt to change in an instant, and the results are distressing. The difficulties of growing up have never been so public. Social technology provides a platform where things can run wild. Imagine the stress of high school – the competition for popularity, the pressure to fit in, the judgmental nature of social activities – at an accelerated pace. We try to protect our children from wandering off into the darkness on their own, and it turns out they are doing exactly that – online. When they get older and “ready,” we send them off to college, where they face more pressures. But social media has an infamous dark side and the more people share, the more serious this side becomes. As it turns out, living your life online has serious consequences for your self-esteem, your relationships, and your career prospects. 

And it is a strong indication of just how bent, warped and misguided contemporary culture and society is, that someone can be considered an idol or celebrity just because they have alot of followers on Tik tok, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. 

And you 38,000

Social media are a threat to government narritive.

When people can openly question policies , some may

say that it downgrades society.

Influencers take a share out big advertising.

It is annoying for companies that they openly get

their bad products exposed on social media.

4 hours ago, Celsius said:

You have over 10,000 posts on this social media alone

And you 38,000

From my point of view there's a big difference between posting on this forum amongst adults who share a lot in common, and the inane stuff that I see on Instagram and TikTok.

And then you start talking about Instagram challenges among adolescents and that stuff is downright scary.

On 5/25/2026 at 1:20 AM, dinsdale said:

True in a way but a bit of a generalisation. Nick Shirly was branded by the left as a right wing influencer and a conspiracy theorists yet people are now going to jail because of what he exposed. Your initial statement of the dumb getting dumber though is spot on. The "shorts" format is definitely contributing to this.

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Shirly was a classic example of the the 'dross'.........people were already serving prison sentences for fraud and investigations had been on going since 2018...........he was just a vehicle for hyping something that was already well known and understood.