to think there is nothing positive about social media

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meloncotton · 02/01/2025 15:48

I am trying to find anything positive about social media, we all know the negatives but are there any positives?

YABU - There are positives which outweigh the negatives
YANBU - Social Media use negatively affects people overall

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ilovesooty · 02/01/2025 15:51

meloncotton · 02/01/2025 15:49

If you have voted YABU please could you say what makes social media positive overall.

There are positives and negatives and those are different for different people.
Mumsnet is social media anyway and you presumably choose to post here.

PlantDoctor · 02/01/2025 15:51

I would delete FB if it weren't for all the local and school events and news being posted almost exclusively there! It's almost unusable now.

I don't really use other social media. Used to use twitter for science communication but don't really like supporting Musk and it's pretty toxic on there now!

Frostythesnowman1 · 02/01/2025 15:51

I'm a bit in the middle

There are some positives but I don't think they outweigh the negatives

I'm in my mid 40's so I'm a boring user if I'm honest. I look at farrow and ball colour inspiration, my dog breed group and my twins facebook group, however I really wouldn't want my twin girls (nearly 6) to use social media - it's totally toxic but how do you stop it?

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meloncotton · 02/01/2025 15:49

If you have voted YABU please could you say what makes social media positive overall.

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