Meme from loganberrybunny, Part 4

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4. Social media -- good or bad?



I think this quote from Mike Tyson somewhat sums up social media, especially in regards to politics.

I think the term “Pandora’s box” best describes it. I first had a Facebook, which I would deactivate last May due to it being partially instrumental in my losing my last paid full-time job, and when I did have it, I didn’t bother reading my friends feed due to politics and such. I had also been on Twitter, but found it really toxic due to most furries on there being really open about triggering topics like politics, and it really ruined many of my online relationships and to an extent my mental health. I have a secret account on there to keep in communication with an artist I commissioned back in February. Instagram, with maybe a few exceptions, has mostly been good to me since it’s just mostly cool pictures and such. I’m back on Facebook as well but am only restricting it to family and friends I’ve met in real life, and while I’ve been on-and-off reading my friend's feed, there’s actually a lot of great stuff like philosophical quotes and so forth, although I have unwatched friends who have made frequent political posts, namely my paternal uncle.