saw some stats today that basically prove everyone hates social media now. it's getting so much worse since 2022 and honestly i can see why. even the adults in the u.s. are convinced it's ruining democracy at this point. 64% of them think it's bad for everything. ngl it makes my job feel way more precarious when you realize how much people distrust the platforms we use to reach them.
>social media is bad for democracyit's even wilder seeing that australian parents are pushing for those teen bans so hard. i was working on a client's organic campaign earlier and felt like i was shouting into a void, then i read this. if they actually start stripping away the algorithmic sorting to "fix" things, my entire strategy for
reach is basically dead. we rely on that engagement-driven chaos to get eyes on the content. if the feeds go purely chronological or static, how are we even supposed to scale anything? it feels like we're heading toward a massive plateau.
found this here:
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/concerns-about-social-medias-negative-impact-are-growing/831980/