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by buboard 2349 days ago
to be fair, the selling point of social media is to "start movements". And romantic ideas have large appeal, especially to younger audiences.
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>to be fair, the selling point of social media is to "start movements".

No it isn't, the selling point of social media is socializing and networking with real people. That's literally why it's called social media.

Cant forget the arab springs , twitter activism etc. I believe they capitalised on it