The end of the world.

[Mordac]

Never seen the point in Twitter. Neither Mrs W or I had an account. I never wanted to post a picture of my dinner, and I have no interest in hearing the ramblings of semi-famous nobodies.

You're pretty close to a semi-famous nobody yourself, y'know. I saw the show (it's available on catch-up if you have Sky, but takes a while to find though) and how you didn't get a part in GoT with that beard I'll never know. It was a tough watch, given that I knew how the story ultimately ended

[d000hg]

Yes. Social media has lifted the lid on humanity, and it aint pretty.

Not to say it hasn't exacerbated things of course. I think we are seeing changes from our relationship with social media feed back into our real lives. If you surround yourself with hate and hostility and unfiltered views it WILL 'tarnish your soul' so to speak. Same effect as coppers being exposed to the worst of humanity all day, I suppose.

[mattster]

Twitter et al mainly show us how sick and broken the world already was, it's the smell of decay from beneath your bandage which lets you know of the infection rather than the infection itself. Without the ability to speak anonymously without reprisal or consequence, people don't act the same way... but they wish they could.

Yes. Social media has lifted the lid on humanity, and it aint pretty.

[d000hg]

Twitter et al mainly show us how sick and broken the world already was, it's the smell of decay from beneath your bandage which lets you know of the infection rather than the infection itself. Without the ability to speak anonymously without reprisal or consequence, people don't act the same way... but they wish they could.

[mattster]

I'm old enough to remember when we thought that giving most of the global population nearly free, and very easy, access to the entire body of human knowledge woud lead to a new age of enlightenment and reason. I am a cynical misanthrope at heart, but even I didn't realise that the human race unchained was quite as awful as it is.

[ChimpMaster]

I blame Meghan Markle.

[ladymuck]

Never seen the point in Twitter. Neither Mrs W or I had an account. I never wanted to post a picture of my dinner, and I have no interest in hearing the ramblings of semi-famous nobodies.

Instagram is where you post pictures of your dinner.

Twitter is where you complain to the customer service departments of companies who won't give you a refund.

HTH

[Gibbon]

I have no interest in hearing the ramblings of semi-famous nobodies.

You don't have time, you're the one with Veteran filling the airways here.

[Whorty]

Never seen the point in Twitter. Neither Mrs W or I had an account. I never wanted to post a picture of my dinner, and I have no interest in hearing the ramblings of semi-famous nobodies.

[AtW]

Nuance is dead. Centralists are a dying breed.

They got caught in the crossfire

[mallisarealperson]

Think I need to take a break from twitter. However I do not post anything.

The actor Alec Baldwin made we laugh when he described twitter 'is where all the a**holes in the United States and beyond go to get their advanced degrees in a**holiness.'

[NotAllThere]

90% of twatter traffic is from

Politicians
Activists
Celebrities
Journalists

Who make up 10% of tweeters. (But 99% of twits). We only know what goes on for those in the last category. If they'd just STFU it would die.

[TwoWolves]

Almost never see extreme right on Twitter, must be the accounts I follow. Plenty of left beating up normies who aren't that interested in politics though. Genuine tolerance is in short supply these days, even the school run is a gauntlet of envy and resentment. The mask is pretty good for avoiding conversation though.

[ladymuck]

Nuance is dead. Centralists are a dying breed.

[mallisarealperson]

Having more time than usual, I am guilty of reading comments on twitter.

The Social Media will be the end of the world. Not Climate Change, Pandemics, Nuclear War.

Seems to get worse every day.

It is like an asylum. Almost everyone is insane.

Extreme left or Extreme Right.