it was amazing. social media was really the nail in the coffin as it gave the establishment the ability to set a 'public consensus' and control peoples thoughts and opinions with a much more strict and all encompassing tool than the tv ever could. people were open and 'community' wasn't some meme, my town had a very real community, people would often stop me as a lad and ask if i was my mothers lad, how she is, how the family is, send my love i'll pop over next week, blah blah blah, this was a daily occurence, also street parties were the norm if it was a local kids birthday. people were constantly out and about. i've been a sceptic about most things since a very young age, so held off on making a facebook when it came out despite being a teen and the social pressure being covid vax tier, i was steadfast and over the precedeing months witnessed society change totally with the introduction of social media. i'm proud to say i'm a part of group who probably rivals billionaires in exclusivity - i never made any social media accounts, not once. there is no going back, the genie is out of the bottle.
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