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Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow (www.newindianexpress.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow::A Gartner survey found that 53 per cent of consumers believe the current state of social media has decayed compared to either the prior year or five years ago.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago (2 children)

let all social media die in flames.

its nothing but a cancer on society and counts among the worst ills to befall mankind.

[–] danielbln@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So, uh, why do you post here?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know, when I first started to become active on Internet communities as a preteen in the early-to-mid-2000s, I don't think anyone really used the term "social media" to describe them. The term may have existed already, but I didn't think of myself as a user of "social media" at all at the time.

At the time we had web forums run on software like phpBB. Later I discovered wikis and blogs. I have no idea when people started to insist on using the strange term "social media" which may or may not include all those things. Is Reddit/Lemmy "social media"? It certainly differs from most other "social media" in significant ways: we mostly don't use our real names, we don't have followers, we mainly communicate with random strangers rather than the people we know IRL. This is a lot more similar to traditional web forums than to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X/Mastodon, etc.

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is still very similar. Reddit and Lemmy are now primarily fluff content. I've had to block dozens of fluff subs on Lemmy. And misinformation and toxic/unintelligent users are a problem here too.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wdym by fluff?

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

fluff

Low-quality, mindless content designed to keep mindless people infinitely scrolling.

[–] bh11235@infosec.pub 17 points 10 months ago

Think of this like one of those steam reviews: 4,000 hours played, do not recommend

[–] oce@jlai.lu -2 points 10 months ago

Opinion only applies to others' habits.