Is social media making us sheep?

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:45 am

I often wonder is social media turning us into sheep? (One does something, so everyone else follows)

Case in point:

The other day, on Facebook it came up with "Today is "Moderator" * Birthday, wish them well.

The number of people that posted happy birthday Moderator was considerable, but here lies the "crunch" moderator stopped posting on Facebook 3 years ago. Moderator told me in person why they were going to stop posting (3) years ago, all anyone had to do was to look to see when that last post was made, but no, people blindly posted, so my question is are you a sheep? have you posted a comment because you saw a comment or added a like just because you were notified?

* I used moderator as a neutral name.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:20 am

no because i dont do social media or manipulation

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:41 pm

Everyone has a bloody angle now and the sheep follow whatever it is. Look at those utterly useless influencer tw*ts you see on YouTube. I tend to look at the Yahoo news clips and decide more about the writer's slant than what they are saying. Most of it is fiction, speculation, or a poor interpretation of events. I wonder if they get paid on click rate so they are over sensationalising to get the clicks?

There is no validity in any news these days

DWD

fin · Post by **fin** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:09 pm

some of the influencer types are a Fuc$ing massive pain in the ass like

Tom d'Angler · Post by **Tom d'Angler** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:30 pm

Someone-Else wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:45 am have you posted a comment because you saw a comment or added a like just because you were notified?

No, but more than once I have seen people post something like "Happy birthday, hope you are well!" message on the Facebook profile of someone who had died.

If I see a "Today is So-And-So's birthday" prompt I will, if I like that person, have a quick look on their profile (if that is what it is called) to a) make sure they are still alive and b) see what they've been up to recently, and then I will send them an inbox message wishing them a happy birthday and mentioning something I have seen on the profile. I usually get a very pleasant message back and we usually spend a little while swapping messages.

Tom d'Angler · Post by **Tom d'Angler** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 7:31 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:41 pm Look at those utterly useless influencer tw*ts

They all seem so shallow too. And androgynous.

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:40 pm

They all seem so shallow too. And androgynous.

You can get ointment for that at any chemist

Tom d'Angler · Post by **Tom d'Angler** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:30 am

Gadget wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:40 pm You can get ointment for that at any chemist

Neelix · Post by **Neelix** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:27 pm

may be but the sooner twitter is shut down the better it will be for all of us

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:29 pm

Neelix wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:27 pm the sooner twitter is shut down the better it will be

Why?

FYI I do not use twitter, but I saw a person on Youtube saying he had a problem with "something*" and the manufacturer of the something got in touch, so to me that is a good thing.

* As a YT viewer we all saw the "something" and what the problem was, and the company who made it. But its one of those things you either like it or you don't.