I've had a revelation and will stop doing any politically motivated posts from now on.
It should be common sense, but we need to remember that our algorithms are curated by tech companies in order to make us angry, and therefore engaged. And there are people (like Charlie Kirk, among millions of others) who use that to their advantage in moments like these to try and become famous.
None of it is real.
Don't believe your algorithms. Believe in the conversations you have in real life.
Believe that most people are good.
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I think you're right, and hope that whatever you do helps you get back to the common sense and peace of mind you want and need in your life.
But I disagree with some comments here that suggest the problem you're fighting is caused just by bad manners, or poor personal choices in online interaction. Saying that individuals bear all the responsiblity for toxic social media environment, and to "not blame big tech", is misunderstanding what's wrong and how it happened.
Tech elites have spent years fine tuning an industry that exploits human weakness to deliver trillions in profits with little transparency and virtually no accountability. They're carrying out the most massive social engineering experiment in human history, and hiding the real outcomes.
Most social media platforms carry all the risks of defective products like harmful drugs or dangerous cars, but face no consequences. They need to be regulated in the public interest.
