Is social media dehumanizing us?

Written by hackernoon | Published 2019/04/11
Tech Story Tags: dehumanizing-social-media | social-media-question | social-media-dehumanize | social-media

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by austin pocus

I don’t feel a dehumanizing effect in this community — quite the opposite. This community is positive, supportive, and overall a wonderful place to be.

However, on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, etc. it seems like the loudest voices get the most attention, already-marginalized people are put down and treated like garbage, and people say horrible things they would never say in real life (or maybe they would).

Is social media dehumanizing us? Is it bringing out the best, or the worst, in humanity? What can we do to improve social media?

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Published by HackerNoon on 2019/04/11