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Despite all the like and heart buttons, the one thing you cannot do on social media is show that you genuinely care about a specific person
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It is far easier to communicate sincere dislike, contempt, hatred online than genuine caring. Social media has an anti-caring bias.
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Following this election primarily on social media is emotionally exhausting because I think of the tech, not because there's a care deficit
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Homo Sapiens is simply new to a state where contexts can be highly personal but with weak/absent means of showing how much you care
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...then it struck me that while emotional reserves of empathy probably ARE at historic low, social media likely exaggerates this reality 10x
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One of the reasons I'm experimenting with video is because it's easier to subtly express what you care about with face/voice.
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negativity is amplified & seems ubiquitous (more or less); sincere caring doesn't register w same magnitude (to recipient or audience)
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