A long time ago, Facebook used to be a fun place where friends kept in touch and shared photos from their lives. Instagram was a way to share photos with friends. Twitter would allow you to keep up with news and opinions from people you respected. Now, social media is often a cesspool of anger and hate interspersed with people trying to sell me things. Even if a friend did post a photo of something happy in their life, I’m not sure the algorithm would let it into my feed.

Sure, there’s a lot to be angry at in the world right now, but it’s also important to question how social media benefits from this. Let’s face it, Zuckerberg, Musk and the others who own these apps aren’t running them for the fun........

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