Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are 'garbage'
Apr 7, 2019 20:23:05 GMT
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Post by Lone Wanderer on Apr 7, 2019 20:23:05 GMT
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are 'garbage,' says Linux founder Torvalds
www.cnet.com/news/facebook-twitter-and-instagram-are-garbage-says-linux-founder/
Tech pioneer Linus Torvalds says the way social media works today encourages bad behavior. "It's a disease."
Count another person who isn't "liking" social media these days.
Linus Torvalds, the Finnish-born creator of the free Linux software that competes against Apple's MacOS and Microsoft's Windows to power computers, didn't mince words when discussing Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And in an interview this week with Linux Journal, he suggested it's one of the biggest issues the tech industry is facing today.
"I absolutely detest modern 'social media' -- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. It's a disease. It seems to encourage bad behavior," he said in response to a question about the one thing he'd fix in tech today. "The whole 'liking' and 'sharing' model is just garbage. There is no effort and no quality control. In fact, it's all geared to the reverse of quality control, with lowest common denominator targets, and click-bait and things designed to generate an emotional response, often one of moral outrage."
www.cnet.com/news/facebook-twitter-and-instagram-are-garbage-says-linux-founder/
Tech pioneer Linus Torvalds says the way social media works today encourages bad behavior. "It's a disease."
Count another person who isn't "liking" social media these days.
Linus Torvalds, the Finnish-born creator of the free Linux software that competes against Apple's MacOS and Microsoft's Windows to power computers, didn't mince words when discussing Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And in an interview this week with Linux Journal, he suggested it's one of the biggest issues the tech industry is facing today.
"I absolutely detest modern 'social media' -- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. It's a disease. It seems to encourage bad behavior," he said in response to a question about the one thing he'd fix in tech today. "The whole 'liking' and 'sharing' model is just garbage. There is no effort and no quality control. In fact, it's all geared to the reverse of quality control, with lowest common denominator targets, and click-bait and things designed to generate an emotional response, often one of moral outrage."
