Is social media the next tobacco?

[Elliott]

Facebook seems to be out with the kids these days, what comes after ticktock? There's a growing awareness about the negative impacts. 45% of teens are reporting negative effects. What's next?

[hoodrow trillson]

My opinion outside looking in:

Social media is going to be viewed as absolutely lame soon.  Dead internet theory — how it’s just a few normal people in comparison and the majority being bots/posters from Russia, China, India etc to cause division and fake engagement/ragebait.

When this happens, it will absolutely change the monetization aspect of social media (making money YouTube, TikTok, etc) which will cause even more people to abandon this paradigm.  I think the current streaming sites (Twitch, Kick, Rumble etc) will survive this in the mean time, since they aren’t bite sized posts to get engagement, because they are mostly being live on camera in the moment.

Edit:  I also think the AI bubble will pop before all is this happens btw.  When everyone figures out it’s absolutely vaporware and it’s just a glorified search engine and a way to make silly pictures and videos — shit will hit the fan.

Edited 12 hours ago by hoodrow trillson