Social Media - A Time When Things Go Wrong

i started feeling down on the potentials of social media to mediate o democratic and probably around the time the arab springs descended into blood baths. But even before that, you know, i can remember using social media in the arts and having the wonderful experience of what i believe is called the the fire hose feed. And so when that disappeared and we started getting inscrutable, mysterious algaritmically churned up a feeds that were clearly in the interest of the social media companies, let alone for the user's edification,. That's when i started turning really sour. I mean, obviously we should be able to pursue that sort of critique without without having to hear this tired