Social Media Policy

“Social Media” is a cancer on society.

I’m not on Social Media any more.

These platforms exist to exploit you. They do everything they possibly can to keep you coming back and make it almost impossible for you to leave. That usually means making you angry. Provoking you.

They exaggerate and encourage the divisions between us in the name of profit.

And the amount of profit these companies make is obscene. Not that that’s enough for the shareholders. It doesn’t matter how much they make - they always need more. And given a chance they would consume the entire planet in pursuit or growth.

There are some bright spots: decentralised platforms (such as Mastadon) offer a way for the social media universe to become more fragmented - more like real life. They can be a place for people to run their own communities and link with other communities as they wish, without any “algorithm” interfering. The barrier to entry for these decentralised platforms is still quite high for non-techie users but hopefully that will improve over time.

If our society lasts long enough, that is.