• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Some good has come out of social media. I’ve seen people get reconnected with long lost family or friends, organize actual necessary protests, and the local buy nothing groups are great for reducing waste.

      • boonhet@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        Facebook 15 years ago wasn’t all that bad tbh. It was nice being able to write to just about anyone you met in real life.

        It’d already been getting worse for a while, but to me, the 2016 US election was when things got super obvious. Same with reddit. Can’t believe it’s been 8 years already.

  • garretble@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Is this the same guy who wrote a big op ed about how the democrats should run Mitt Romney?

    Kinda over this dude.

    • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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      3 months ago

      It is, but he’s also known for not using social media at all which I’m sure makes him the right person to have an opinion we should listen to.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      I was over him with the West Wing his masturbatory fantasy that you can actually convince conservatives of things using logic, reason, and evidence.

      I swear the last 20 fucking years of worthless “gotta reach across the aisle” shit from Democrats is from that stupid fucking show.

      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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        3 months ago

        How was it worthless before it became the Trump party? His writing is my jam, whether it has substance or not