This is tricky because at first I would say something obvious like porn, especially sick stuff with girls and boys under 18.
But I think the most detrimental thing across the board with the largest impact on our society is social media. It’s not real connection, it’s not real. Everything is so curated we don’t even know what’s real anymore. It’s a huge time suck and you get nothing of value in exchange for that time.
Stuff sexualizing things that are just wrong. Pedophilia, hentai, bestiality, whatever else gross stuff...
Internet Geanie wrote:
I would choose Twitter because I truly believe it has ruined journalism, and it is in the process of ruining our entire country, maybe the world.
A truly moronic belief.
Twitter has revolutionized journalism by cutting out the middleman and connecting the reader directly with the source. This has devastated the corporate media spin machine that not only misrepresents facts and sources but also openly tries to manipulate your opinions.
The veneer of authority long enjoyed by the press is dead. Bury it deep. The flow of information now belongs to the people.
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My priority would be to remove hackers. The rest you can protect yourself against with simply deciding you don't want to be exposed to it.
Porn could be removed also, but that's just a subset of prostitution and sexual abuse, which should be removed from earth, not just the internet.
I feel like removing myself from the internet sometimes. I read so much pointless crap on it. I might give it up for the new year.
Fancy bears are fighting the good fight.
Banana Bread wrote:
I feel like removing myself from the internet sometimes. I read so much pointless crap on it. I might give it up for the new year.
But how will you learn of Bekeles Tokyo victory? TV? Pfffttt.
I thought underage porn at first.. but then i remembered crypto currency. Disgusting.
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BuyTheDip wrote:
Social media in all forms. Hardly ever a positive in people’s lives and for the young it’s incredibly detrimental.
id say letsrun is a form of social media. so no more letsrun?
That video of me and a German Shepard.
I mean, one time! And now it haunts me forever.
sbeefyk2 wrote:
BuyTheDip wrote:
Social media in all forms. Hardly ever a positive in people’s lives and for the young it’s incredibly detrimental.
Not true. Social media (well, Facebook) has allowed families to stay connected who live in different countries or too far too visit. Instead of missing your grand children grow up by only seeing them every couple years, you can watch them grow up daily through pictures.
Email. Text. Regular mail. FaceTime. WhatsApp. Etc.
You do not need the medium of Facebook for this to happen. I'm not on Facebook and I FaceTime with my parents once a week so they can see the kids and we can catch up, we send photos nearly everyday on our family group text, and I get physical prints of photos of my kids a few times a year to send to my mom, who loves to frame them or put them on the fridge.
You don't need to let Zuck monetize your life in order to keep in touch with your family.
Why so many people call LR social media? It isn't, it's an anonymous discussion board. They've existed for decades. To be social media it would need some combination of real name/identity, profile, friends/connections, forming a network through subscriptions etc. Stuff that lets it track your behaviour and preferences in order to monetise your identity. LR doesn't do any of that.
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Why so many people call LR social media? It isn't, it's an anonymous discussion board. They've existed for decades. To be social media it would need some combination of real name/identity, profile, friends/connections, forming a network through subscriptions etc. Stuff that lets it track your behaviour and preferences in order to monetise your identity. LR doesn't do any of that.
Because by definition, 'social media' is "websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking."
There is no doubt that letsrun is a social media platform. People who 'hate social media' are the only ones who deny that because it hurts their little rebellious egos.
NDandy wrote:
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So you would rather pay for all the sites you visit? I will take some banner ads, and video ads any day over having all content behind a paywall.
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remove wrote:
Porn. Millions of hours and lives wasted. Families destroyed. It's degrading to women especially, and also men.
100% agree. thanks for saying this.
You don't have to watch it you know?
Any mention of Tom Brady. I'm a Patriots fan, but I think it would be hilarious if people keep seeing this guy win Super Bowls and are just like "who is he? Why is there literally nothing about him online?"
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