Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow

This is as close as I get to social media.

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By 2025 it will all be chatbots posting disinformation for the enjoyment of other bots, while advertising bots pay for it.

I think that number will grow as Twitter continues to decay. People clinging to the dead corpse is pretty cringe when it comes to Twitter.

Facebook is dead already I feel and most people I know using it are only in there for old people who can’t use anything else or for the marketplace. Under the same umbrella, instagram is dead unless you’re selling something.

Forums like Reddit and lemmy I think will last the longest, but even then when the toxicity grows and transfers over from Reddit to here I probably will stop using it as much

Also I say dead as in what it originally was has been lost in the wake of “influencers” and companies

let all social media die in flames.

its nothing but a cancer on society and counts among the worst ills to befall mankind.

I don't understand what social media has to offer me anymore.

To the comments of old people on Facebook - I'm fifty one years old. I deactivated but did not delete my Facebook account five years ago.

This past fall, one of our high school classmates finally succumbed to his addictions. He and I were inseparable back in the day to the extent that if anybody thought of one of us, they automatically thought of the other.

So I felt compelled to say a few words. I reactivated my account, and said my words. I was shocked at the number of replies I got because I couldn't believe that many people were still using the platform. I figured everybody would have left by now.

I left my post up for a week, then deactivated my account again.

Ten years ago, Facebook was a great way to meet women for people in my age group. Unfortunately, when there's a contentious breakup and you've got hundreds of mutual friends, it could and did turn into a social hell scape. That's what got me to leave. I think I got out before the rampant disinformation really got going. For this, I am grateful. (Coda to this topic: Ladies, seriously, what drives you to aggressively slide into my DMs when you see I've recently been through a horrible breakup? Why would you think this is a good time to pursue me? This happened with several people. I did not understand it and found it horribly off-putting.)

Unfortunately, without social media, I've found it difficult to stay in touch with friends who live far away. But that little downside is not enough for me to go back.

I wish I could retroactively go back and never use Facebook. That site ruined my life for several years

Wrong 50%, unfortunately.

That really doesn’t come out right, does it?

Just the people with some level of critical thinking will leave, the ones festering in fringe and conspiracy thought patterns will remain, and likely pull more in like them.

When it changed from "Social Media" to "Social Media" it really went to shit. That and when Google's new board decided "don't be evil" was no longer compatible with their goals. Yeah, the internet used to be great...

I'm somewhat surprised to hear it'd be as high as 50%. Pleased, but surprised.

I feel it has already happened.. people check social media, but I hardly see any created content anymore (status updates etc).. just reposted stuff from gullible people that they thought was magic but was just AI created rubbish.

The only thing I use social media for is purchasing items from hobby groups and I can’t see that being replicated anywhere anytime soon as eBay is full of fake rubbish

Social media today has devolved into a hard-up drunk at closing time telling the drunk woman next to him that she is beautiful and really a great lady.

I'm probably leaving for the fact it's just ads.

Actual paid for ads, sponsorship ads, giveaway ads to grow, influencer ads, comment ads to grow their reach.

It's just one big advertisement.

"Over 50 per cent of heroin addicts will stop using by 2025 as negative, obvious consequences grow"

Yep. This is the primary thing preventing me from contributing to, and recommending Lemmy. People confidently posting and upvoting harmful misinformation, and toxic/unintelligent people. I've already left Reddit and Facebook (a long time ago) for similar reasons.

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everyone in southeast asia gets their news from fake secondhand captioned screenshots on facebook

This is an Indian news outlet but I hope it includes the whole world. I have certainly logged off of all social media -besides Lemmy.

What’s up with that graphic showing google+? What is this, 2019?

I did it 3 years ago and have not looked back! I do miss keeping up with some friends and Facebook events are nice but the toxicity just got to be to much

I already shunned it. For about 4 years now. I don't feel like I'm missing anything.

clickbait, questionable source, no link provided to study

I find things to be quite a bit better on the fediverse.

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Already there since more than a few years

Those are rookie numbers.

Gotta pump those numbers up!

That number is way too low, we ought to be at more than that right now.

X for doubt. Remember, users had no reason to sign up for a Facebook or Instagram account in the first place. Users just willingly gave information away to these evil corporations at will. I could very well see the future of the Fediverse growing. The past few months of using Lemmy and scrolling Mastadon has been amazing.

👌👍 this will definitely happen 🙄

You people will repost any propaganda that fits your objective.

You all honestly believe social media and a large chunk of Internet traffic is just going to go away in 2 years? Jesus Christ this article is from a fucking link farm FFS.

I'm the same. I only follow one subreddit, and I barely post and interact here. I've completely removed any and all news sources too. There's nothing i can do about any of the stories the news throws up. More people would get healthier is they got offline.

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Lol

Dogshit reporting

And as a result the echo chamber will be even louder for everyone believing the bullshit. Bill Gates should hurry up and activate the brain chips.