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For Social Networks to Survive, They Must Solve the Problems that They Created

September 18, 2019 By Matt S. Smith, MBA

Screen Addiction, Social Media Addiction

It’s easy to argue that the future of social media will be a linear progression–that we will get more engrossed in social media. This is a probable outcome, but only if you ignore the problems that social media has already caused, and you assume that these problems will not get worse.

Let me highlight three problems that we can can clearly see around us today:

1) The Validation of Vanity
2) Undeniable Addiction
3) Artificial Division

Filed Under: Social Media, Technology and Culture

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