Social media are a great invention thanks to human ingenuity! The positive function/effects have significantly outweighed the negative ones.
However, there is also a considerable dark side to social media as we have learnt over the years! They offer many echo chambers for millions of users! In the worst case, major achievements of human civilization could suffer or have already suffered a setback. Propaganda and demagoguery can easily be disseminated daily!
How do you distinguish a so called influencer from a demagogue? Social media are an ideal medium for demagogues!
There is a pervasive censorship and silencing of minority or opposing opinions going on!
Mob rule and tyranny of the majority come to mind! Or how very active minorities and individual zealots try to dominate discourse and much more!
Then there is the amplification of narcissism on a grand scale! The craving for those few minutes of fame and remuneration.
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