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Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media (open.substack.com)
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This article from 2022 does a very good job of capturing the social media landscape and the condition of political discourse right now. It highlights one thing that I've been hearing a lot and agree with, the cruelty is the point.

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[–] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Don’t ever stop talking to each other. It’s what the internet is really and truly for. Talk to each other and listen to each other. But don’t ever stop connecting.

Love this line. I’m so sick of and disillusioned with social media filled with ads, hate, and more ads; it’s good to remember that there are still people that want to talk and to seek out places to do that. What a prescient article, thanks for sharing!