Uhhh, sure about that figure? I mean, social media certainly doesn't rank high but I don't think a plausible majority would do without the internet entirely, and few would roll back every benefit they receive from it.
The poll asked: "I wish I could go back to a time before everyone was 'plugged in'"
And people answered Strongly Agree / Agree / No Opinion / Disagree / Strongly Disagree
Other than noting it was a "Harris Poll" it said nothing about how many respondents there were, how they contacted them or anything else.
Would the world be better if everyone wasn't face-down in an illuminated rectagle every moment they could be? Before climate change became so ridiculously notable? Before Trump? Etc? It probably would be nice. It doesn't mean there shouldn't be Internet, or anything else, really.
There was a point where being online meant you'd read a manual and knew a damn thing. That was nice. But hey. We've got an open-source federated social media platform now, so. Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to.
Anyway, I think the phrasing of the title is clickbait.
haha yes my current job is only possible because of the smartphone revolution. please, stay plugged in everybody! do it for me and my kid's college fund! in fact, plug in even more if you can...
As someone who lives in the country side young people are typically very mellow and quiet and the older folks always mention how odd it is that folks my age are so very lifeless compared to when they were my age and as a young person I don't really know what to do when I'm just waiting like at least in the city I can sometimes find someone to have a conversation with or some building to marvel at but when I'm in the middle of the woods logging or something idk I can't really help but brause reddit and as of now lemmy
Yeah, that headline is substantially different than the question asked. I would probably rank mid way on that scale, but pre-internet? You can fuck right off with that. The internet and our modern devices are science fiction magic to pre-internet me. I paid by the minute for dial-up bbs time at 300 baud.
The internet and always-on social media has its foibles, but living without it is a nonstarter.