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0 pointsgregjor3y ago0 comments

Yes “essential” can mean different things. Since social media didn’t exist until I was in my 40s and plenty of people like me lived and thrived without it I will argue it’s not fundamental or characteristic. If it all went offline tomorrow many people would flip out, like smokers suddenly deprived of cigarettes. But they wouldn’t die and wouldn’t lose any of their essence.

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ofalkaed3y ago· 1 in thread

If you were up for a job against someone with equal skills/experience and whose social media presence demonstrated communication skills and a knowledge of the field and yours was filled with posts like the one you just made, who do you think would get the job? While you and I may be old enough that having a good social media presence does not matter much when it comes to job interviews and socialization in general it has a fairly large impact on the lives of the younger generations and it is far more complicated than their being addicted to their phones. In the article "essential" was clearly used in the context of being an important and fundamental part of modern life, not suggesting it was the equivalent of food.

31337Logic3y ago

Honestly, I would hire gregjor over the overly-active social media poster. He demonstrates a sense of values and balance.

Don't assume that more social media presence is always better. Indeed, that's rather presumptuous and not a good quality, in my books.

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