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Falsehoods put on par with truth

 People can assert whatever they want, and there are always people who want to believe it.

Shortening of attention span

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Serial Outrage

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Very low standard of proof

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It allows us to create a community of fools

 Because it's so vast, you can always find a community of people who think the way you so, even if what you think is completely wack and without merit. And once you find and establish that community, its very easy to convince yourselves you're not wack, you're just special and more perceptive than everyone else. that kind of feeling is addictive and makes you feel powerful. it makes you feel like you have a duty to inform and convince others of your crazy and act on your impulses, because in your mind that action has become imperative to saving mankind.

Loss of Relationships

 It happens a lot, loss of friends, family, coworkers. Saddest part is it happens because we've become inflamed by an event or issue that in a few days or weeks it's very likely we won't be passionate about, but the damage to the relationship is done.

We can't get away from its reach and impact

Even if t you leave the platforms, the way they intersect with news makes it impossible to ignore or discount what's happening on them.