The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.
Half of all 16-24 year olds only get their political information from TikTok
Presumably the other half get it from Instagram. Democracy — what little of it the world has — seems unlikely to survive such a situation for long. Would we be better off if were somehow arranged that they got all their political info from the fediverse instead? I don’t know, couldn’t be much worse.
I don’t blame 16 to 24 year olds mind you - lord knows I wasn’t much of a thinker at that age.
I do wonder whether social media might actually be fermi’s great filter though. It’s getting worse and there are no good solutions.
In the end skynet won’t need a single bot to conquer is. We will destroy each other with LLM chat bots just in time for AGI to emerge and snatch a economic control.
Presumably the other half get it from Instagram. Democracy — what little of it the world has — seems unlikely to survive such a situation for long. Would we be better off if were somehow arranged that they got all their political info from the fediverse instead? I don’t know, couldn’t be much worse.
The fediverse would be an improvement for now. But if it gets popular, bots will take over.
And corporate owned media hasn’t really brought us much good, either.
It got us into wars in Vietnam and Iraq and it also got us the destruction of the middle class.
I don’t think there really is a silver bullet. Best I can think of is, media owned by the people and for the people.
I was thinking exactly this.
I don’t blame 16 to 24 year olds mind you - lord knows I wasn’t much of a thinker at that age.
I do wonder whether social media might actually be fermi’s great filter though. It’s getting worse and there are no good solutions.
In the end skynet won’t need a single bot to conquer is. We will destroy each other with LLM chat bots just in time for AGI to emerge and snatch a economic control.