Social Media Anxiety Disorder

Twitter is a Nazi bar. Bluesky is a DNC board meeting. Instagram is a pushy stranger insisting you will love some asshole you have never heard of. This week, the gang compares notes from different stages of social media poisoning and asks how something once creative, funny and human became a factory producing hate, division, misinformation and corporate sludge. (0:00:00) Intro(0:03:45) Ty’s Hell Week(0:13:28) The Odyssey short review(0:14:56) Jay doesn’t do anything(0:21:04) Sounds of the Week: Super cringe National Anthem(0:26:10) Sounds of the Week: History lesson from Elon Musk(0:40:20) Relationships with social media Songs:“The Algorithm” by Puscifer“Welcome to the Internet” by Bo Burnham“Who Will You Follow” by Evanescence Notes:The Elon Musk interview Jay refers to is this one from The Economist. It’s wild.The great digital fatigue: How digital burnout is changing social media use Wireless Bluetooth Fingertip Remote Control for ScrollingRage clicks: Study shows how political outrage fuels social media engagementExtreme views get more likes on social media, new research reveals‘Likes’ and ‘shares’ teach people to express more outrage onlineEngagement, user satisfaction, and the amplification of divisive content on social mediaSocial media algorithms amplify right-wing content against young users’ preference, study finds