Social media has made us weirdly antisocial [SAF #197]


Hey Reader, Do you remember when we had actual conversations on social media? I do, and I miss them. Heck, I even miss internet flames — at least those had some pizzazz, some passion, some actual opinions. Social media is fuller of people talking now than it was before. Yet, very few of them appear to be talking with anyone. Personally, I used to spend most of my time on LinkedIn, where everything is formulaic, often even the comments, which are supposed to be spur-of-the-moment stuff. And it...