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How Close are we to Peak Social Media?

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 13 2018, @11:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the hit-the-hate-button dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

According to The Guardian, one of world’s biggest advertisers — Unilever — says it will avoid platforms that ‘create division’. It further threatens to take its ad purchases off Facebook and Google, if they cannot reign in hate and protect children. Their chief marketing officer says their online spending sometimes is "little better than a swamp in terms of its transparency".

If this finally is it, I say good riddance to surveillance capitalism.

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  • (Score: 2) by quacking duck on Tuesday February 13 2018, @05:14PM

    by quacking duck (1395) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @05:14PM (#637198)

    I've had a semi-dormant Snapchat account for a couple years now, so I fired it up to see how it might be a replacement for FB.

    It seems everything is geared toward "right now". Maybe I'm just too old now, but without an events/calendar/planning feature it can't replace FB as my primary social network. I know the younger generation(s) aren't into planning things even a couple days in advance, never mind weeks, but surely *some* gatherings need a definite yes/no RSVP? I'm not talking concerts, proms or weddings even, where a large number of peers will surely post "can't wait for x" snaps, but smaller ones with say same-aged relatives? What are they using for planning things?

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