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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Or maybe I do and you don't get to fucking claim a monopoly on how people make analogies just because you lost someone.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 0 points 11 hours ago

It wasn't that it's a bad analogy that provoked my ire (although it is) — it was more about the apparent intention behind it. The problems with "social media" are not inherent to social media. It's not a fundamentally dangerous drug, it's a whole universe of different forms of telecommunication which people have come to rely on in myriad ways, the most prominent of which are badly designed for nefarious reasons that are completely avoidable without demonizing the whole concept. Aim to stop the abusers who've taken it hostage, not to abolish the whole concept or restrict it through unconscionable intrusions on civil liberties.