Greatest Mistake of Our Time

Absolutely devoid of content.

"What if social media is bad for us?". Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. This article won't in any way help us think about this.

How is this fluff at the very top of Hacker News?

Edit: And a few minutes later, it's gone from the front page. I wonder if the author gamed the system somehow?

It's been interesting to watch public sentiment outside of tech.

My personal anecdote is a class mate of mine started at FB and used to wear all their swag and talk it up, slow public sentiment had moved against them and now they say they work in tech or "design users experiences" when asked.

Same meaningless crap could be said about TV.

The following comment is almost devoid of content, but still has more content than the article. Social media, and more generally media at a global scale leaves society open to intentional remote manipulation; this is dangerous both in its effects on national security and the choices we make in democratic republics, but also on the values and mores of a culture over time.

Social media is an inevitable, unavoidable consequence of the internet