tadpole256Feb 23, 2024
Jeff Jarvis
Fancy that. Too bad I just handed in the proofs of my next book, The Web We Weave. Woulda had another footnote...
Majorities in most countries surveyed say social media is good for democracy https://pewrsr.ch/3SREz4v
Majorities in most countries surveyed say social media is good for democracy

Across 27 countries surveyed, people generally see social media as more of a good thing than a bad thing for democracy.

Pew Research Center
Feb 23, 2024 at 9:47pmWeb
Show threadCassandrichFeb 23, 2024
@jeffjarvis It's so telling how many instances we have of the first wave organic effects of any particular social media being liberatory and democratizing, then evil people pay smart but morally bankrupt people to analyze how that happened and collude with the platform owners to make money twisting it for evil.
Show threadCassandrichFeb 23, 2024
@jeffjarvis See Arab Spring, Obama campaign vs CA & Trump campaign, Twitter & Elon, ...