Nowadays, you hop on to social media and instantly find your newsfeed saturated with political rants, negativity, or fake news. If you're anything like me, you find yourself cringing as you're scrolling.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and political view. You do you. It only becomes a problem when all you see on your newsfeed is negativity, political rants, and fake news.
I don't want a newsfeed full of people trying to shove their political views down my throat.
Yeah, I said it, and I bet I'm not alone.
Sure, a solution could be to change the algorithm of these social media platforms, Facebook is the first one to have a go at doing so, but we shall see if it truly works. Another could be to simply unfollow those who are constantly ranting. Yet, just because one person goes away from your newsfeed, doesn't mean they all go away. You may be able to filter some, but not all.
Social media is more than political views, negativity, and fake news.
Let's get back to making social media more enjoyable.
Now, this is where Oprah would come in and say, "You get a dog video, and you get a dog video, everyone gets dog videos!"
Sounds all enticing right? Of course, all of that is easier said than done.
Instead, an alternative would just be to appease everyone.
We should have a page on all social media platforms, just like the explore page we currently have on Twitter, for solely news and politics. This allows those who want to engage in debates to duke it out on there. Do you want to create awareness? Totally support it, but it should have its own designated spot. There should no longer be "stumbling upon" posts. Why not let us actively seek it out in a designated area? Meanwhile, those who use social media for the social aspect are able to actually enjoy their time spent more on those platforms.
It's not some iron curtain, shielding the truth or whatnot.
It's simply allowing people to have a choice and to actually find joy in using social media again.