The low value content and its inherent accessibility
Our brain cannot differentiate between genuine or false perception. When this is combined with the robust advancement of accessible content tailored to meet global expectations, the result is a population addicted to social media.
Emotions are a feedback response to external stimuli, regardless of their source. They are integral to existence, governing our most fundamental decision-making processes.
Social media serves as a tool for neutralizing these emotions. It recalibrates the threshold for external stimuli—once crucial for natural responses to the wilderness—into a commodified product optimized for advertisers.
The mechanism by which emotions are controlled by machines is designed to appease the lowest common denominator, deliberately stripping away the human aspect of moderation.
There is nothing authentic about centralized feeds where machines dictate and learn from behavior to sustain a service built on inhumane principles. This is a manufactured reality.
The most significant violation is the inability to interfere with this presence. When the collective utilizes identical platforms to consume identical content, the centralized essence of social media is realized.
Dealing with such an immovable force is difficult. The only viable solution is to move beyond it.
Social media imposes a constraint upon emotion; you are permitted to feel sadness, anger, or amusement only when the appropriate external stimuli are delivered by the serving algorithm.