I was talking with some fellow social media haters the other day about how disturbing social media addiction is. Like a family member I visited, him and his partner were glued to Instagram almost the whole time I was there (several days) and was spouting stuff he ‘learned’ on Insta as fact. Yet I use Instagram (for a non-profit) and can’t stand that every 1-3 posts is an ad. It drives be bonkers.

This same family member and partner also refuse to let their kid be exposed to Tik Tok becauee they view it as unhealthy and addictive yet can’t recognise their own, honestly scary, addiction.

Or when I’ve stayed in shared accommodation at events seeing people around me wake up and immediately grab their phones and start doom scrolling.

There’s an illegallysmolcats. I subbed to it today. I’m on my phone so I can’t easily post the link but if you search for the name, it should come up.

There’s reads really passive aggressive. It clearly wasn’t intended to actually say anything meaningful to staff but rather something for 1. media that pickup on (won’t anyone think of the poor people attacked for wearing Reddit gear in public!), 2. appeasement of potential investors ahead of the IPO (our bottom line is rock solid folks, thousands of subs gone and no impact on profits!) and 3. an unsubtle dig at and gaslighting of people participating in the blackout (fools! This won’t last, you’ll all come crawling back and this doesn’t affect many subs anyway!).

Spez just keeps doubling down on the Streisand Effect. Challenge accepted arsehole.