social media
9 statements across 9 episodes · 0 bullish · 6 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement May 14, 2024 by James Altucher · across every show →
Everything said about social media, oldest first
May 14, 2024
Altucher: Replying to online detractors gives them your audience
“And not only that, you lend your complete, legitimate, valid audience to him for that tweet. And so he can now use that audience for his purpose. That certainly wasn't your intent. So that's why now I'm very careful about, like, every time I click reply, and I…”
Jul 9, 2024
Feb 5, 2025 negative
Bloom: People Give Themselves Too Much Grace Instead of Self-Accountability
“While I agree that occasionally we need to give ourselves a little bit of grace, I think for most people, we actually need to hold ourselves to the fire more often than not. I think we give ourselves too much grace and look, I like, maybe that's a harsh take, …”
Apr 9, 2025 negative
Apr 16, 2025 negative
Greene: Overexposure on social media destroys a celebrity's aura within a year
“And I say, if you do too much of that, I'm not going to use her name, People will become so familiar with you that you're gonna lose that aura of being a celebrity. They're gonna take you for granted, and you might shine for a year with being out there and hav…”
Dec 31, 2025 negative
Holiday argues social media extracts unpaid emotional labor by provoking discomfort.
“Social media Is dependent on your unpaid labor, emotional and otherwise. Like, it is designed to make you uncomfortable, or provoke you into clicking, reading, or posting, or watching, or whatever it is, and that, like, it's really good at that.”
Jan 7, 2026 negative
Apr 6, 2026 negative
McDonald: Curating digital feeds is as crucial as choosing friend groups
“This happens with the content that we consume too, not just people in our, you know, physical reality, but people in our virtual reality as well. And, you know, you can feel this when you're scrolling on social media and how you feel afterward, which is why it…”