Uhhh, sure about that figure? I mean, social media certainly doesn’t rank high but I don’t think a plausible majority would do without the internet entirely, and few would roll back every benefit they receive from it.
The poll asked: “I wish I could go back to a time before everyone was ‘plugged in’” And people answered Strongly Agree / Agree / No Opinion / Disagree / Strongly Disagree
Other than noting it was a “Harris Poll” it said nothing about how many respondents there were, how they contacted them or anything else.
Would the world be better if everyone wasn’t face-down in an illuminated rectagle every moment they could be? Before climate change became so ridiculously notable? Before Trump? Etc? It probably would be nice. It doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be Internet, or anything else, really.
There was a point where being online meant you’d read a manual and knew a damn thing. That was nice. But hey. We’ve got an open-source federated social media platform now, so. Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to.
Anyway, I think the phrasing of the title is clickbait.
I would definitely be unemployed if that happened.
haha yes my current job is only possible because of the smartphone revolution. please, stay plugged in everybody! do it for me and my kid’s college fund! in fact, plug in even more if you can…
heh. i’d probably be employed in radio or maybe tv instead of this internet nonsense :p
I would take it away. Sure there are a lot of good that has come, but I think it’s a net, hah, negative.
As an elder millenial, the last generation that experienced no internet, I will speak on behalf of the rest of us, you have our support.
If we can get rid of social media but keep things like Wikipedia, then sure, keep a few things.
But if it’s all or nothing, fuck it, i’d happily pull out my old Samsung flip phone and paper day planner.
Anything is better than the miserable corporate nightmare that social media has turned the world into.