>>4 Humans are social creatures, we need to communicate and work together. The whole we have any of this technology and science and culture is because only humans have developed language, language which is used to communicate and be social with other humans. The whole reason you are on this site right now is because you want to communicate with others. There's a reason why prisoners get sent to solitary confinement.

>>1
social media platforms intentionally try to do away with "community", because this is a barrier to entry, a moment where you might stop scrolling and notice what you're doing. Much better to show you another mildly amusing or mildly infuriating post, which keeps you on the app for longer. But there is plenty of community to be found outside of that space. Join a pubnix.
>>2
Maybe this is a good thing.
>>4

lived experience

I hate this phrase. There is no other kind of experience! it's redundant!

Also an addition to a point in >>4 , a lot of modern social media (the typical ones) are dogshit for actually fostering communities and engaging socially (this does not mean its impossible, but it happens in spite of the service, not because of it), that's not their goal, their goal is to hollow your brain out with content that keeps you glued to your screen, everything else is mostly a veil for that purpose.

Ultimately like what, 70% of people online will use these sites so if your complaints are directed to not finding community on twitter or something then you were looking in the wrong place anyway

>>4
This is a great example of Western Euro dog shit thinking. The Western cult of freedom and future-orientated world of progress is so utopian (even in its most moderate liberal form) and unrealizable that those who believe in it are ultimately compelled to destroy the world itself. If what they want is physically impossible, then the world must burn. They tell us not to "look to the past" but their future is simply a banal repeat of American frontier colonialism in which the dog shit Euro has turned himself into a post-human god, a sad regurgitation of manifest destiny.

>>7
Its not just social media companies. Many institutions seem to be structured this way. Society increasingly seems to be set up to force you to socialize in very narrow contexts. Just look at average codes of conduct from employers. A whole host of things, from asking personal questions to dating a co-worker, are now banned. You don't get the girl's number at the office, you meet women on apps only. There's a lot of corporate propaganda that goes into this. Its like how car companies threw their money around to change the infrastructure of cities. From Twitter to Tinder, they have redesigned the internet and now they are throwing money and influence around to reorder the fleshspace.

>>4

There is nothing quite as filthy as watching two people attempt to bounce messages between themselves. It is the dialectic of domination -- the origin of uncomfiness. In fact the opposite of what you propose is true. The less we communicate the better off we will be.

I understand that you have Schizoid personality disorder and can't comprehend the most human desire you can think of, but this attitude leads nowhere. Everything humans like to do can be reduced to some pathetic desire, perhaps that's how it is. However, those things are still worth doing because maintaining a good friendships makes most people happy. I feel like you're being disingenuous to pretend like what you can't get this very human thing.

tyranny of the bilateral bond

I don't know if you experienced some kind of trauma with some friend, but you're insane if you mean this seriously and not just as an attempt to seem above it all. I don't think your view on people, society, and the world gets any more accurate the more time you spend in social isolation. It's actually the opposite, experienced other people, living with them, being emotionally invested in people, be it a friend or a relationship, is what makes your world view more accurate since you can speak and reason from experience and not delusions you collected while sitting alone in your room.