Are "Likes" on social media ruining our youths generation on interpreting what success is?

Interesting question. I haven’t posted on facebook in forever. Log in check for messages from family and few friends, and look at funny and interesting things. Personally I give likes to things that intrigue me,funny or to be supportive of someones accomplishment.

I will say this and I noticed many websites have for most part followed suit in some way, that they took away the ability to leave negative “input” like thumbs down,bad answer, etc.

Which is good in itself, it promotes positive things and attempts to leave the negative side of it. It is social media, it is working for its intended purpose I believe you want to share and have feedback on things with people you know or might know….Or they have common interests as you. The likes to me are similar to lurve in a way to me at least.

Some of them are just attention seeking though this is true, but has it not always been that way specially for younger people in school still? Just a different means to get that attention. Same thing different way.

Great insight @LDRSHIP I frequent a record collecting forum and they actually recently added the Negative button. I promise you there is so much online mob syndrome going on over there now. “Unpopular” opinions get slammed with negative downs and that users reputation carries on and whatever they post gets negative downs just because of an older opinion.

I don’t know how to describe how I feel about it. I find it… childish… and petty to waste time on negativity.

I often see “likes” as a way of perpetuating things such as racism, misogyny and homophobia.

No. I don’t believe youth is ruined in any way. And even if it were…I doubt a “like” button could be held accountable.

Well, if they are checking on their ‘likes’ while driving down the highway, they stand a good chance of being ruined forever.

And also of ruining the lives of a lot of other people who AREN’T checking their ‘likes’....

People are only as phony as their actions don’t reflect their words. That sentence sounds awkward to me but I’m sticking with it.

I think there is a lot of “false fronts” on the internet but it’s no different in real life where folks will put on their game face to make a good impression.

…ruining our youths generation on interpreting what success is?

No, It happened when we started not keeping score and handing out trophy’s to every kid on every team.

@boffin But….but….we’re all winners here! such a crock of shit.

Likes, Thumbs Up from discussion boards or even Points and Awards from Fluther can become addictive.

Every time we get positive affirmation we experience a small time high and we may seek to get that acceptance again and again.