Scooter Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Everyone should watch this Panorama and ask themselves... is social media sucking too much time out your life?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b9dzb6/panorama-smartphones-the-dark-side 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdevoy Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 I don't need a tv prog to know the answer is yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 They had to remove a water feature near London Bridge because people kept falling over it due to them being on their smart phones! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 The Endless Bowl Of Soup is a fantastic analogy for what we are experiencing. The Food and Brand Lab of Cornell University conducted an experiment... they mixed regular bowls of soup with bowls that had a secret hose that constantly filled the bowl with more soup. They wanted to see if people would eat more because, if the bowl isn't empty there's no cue to finish eating. Of course, the people with 'The Endless Bowl' ate on average 74% more soup. The social media version of this is 'the endless scroll'. If you're faced with 50 pages of comments, you might read one or two before giving up. But if you're constantly scrolling, you could end up wasting 2 hours or more before you even realise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 ...and during that 2 hours, try and think how much money you have earned 'interacting' compared to how much the social network has earned. How much you have you earned by giving 'likes', 'shares' or 'retweets'? How much have you earned by creating content for them, those posts that reach hundreds of likes? How much money did you make by uploading that photo that you like on Instagram? How much time have you spent just browsing memes and what did you get in return? Then think how much THEY have made! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Scooter said: The social media version of this is 'the endless scroll'. If you're faced with 50 pages of comments, you might read one or two before giving up. But if you're constantly scrolling, you could end up wasting 2 hours or more before you even realise. I do sometimes think "why I'm I reading this?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 7/9/2018 at 2:08 PM, Isle of Wight Exile said: I do sometimes think "why I'm I reading this?" I just thought that actually... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdevoy Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Saw a sign once that said, "In the event of fire can all patrons please evacuate the building before posting their photos to social media". I think it was a joke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 You'd certainly hope so for the sake off humanity! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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