AI is the next problem, but Social Media is still the #1 issue on the internet
Why are folks still attached to social media after almost three decades of use? Unless you are an influencer, content creator, or promoting products, the accessibility humans allow to other people is disastrous for our mental health. We are not meant to see, hear, and read everything.
- ▪Why are folks still attached to social media after almost three decades of use?
- ▪Unless you are an influencer, content creator, or promoting products, the accessibility humans allow to other people is disastrous for our mental health.
- ▪We are not meant to see, hear, and read everything.
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| Original publisher | Medium |
| Canonical URL | https://medium.com/whatsnextwray/the-problem-with-social-media-c97c9af7eba4 |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:26:49 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-17T05:28:41.702Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-17T05:28:41.702Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | myKCmiBkHc_e · 1 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Life LessonsLifeSocietySocial MediaInternetRay - Writer | Editor’s Compilation #1The Problem With Social MediaSocial media should connect us, but chasing likes, followers, and constant engagement has made the real world worse offRay - Writer | Editor3 min read·Just now--ListenSharePress enter or click to view image in full sizePhoto by Creative Christians on UnsplashIt’s Time!I think it’s time to get this finally over with. Why are folks still attached to social media after almost three decades of use? Unless you are an influencer, content creator, or promoting products, the accessibility humans allow to other people is disastrous for our mental health. We are not meant to see, hear, and read everything.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Medium.
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