We under-estimate how much of an impact our social media posts have on the world

CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 75 points –

It's routine for even relatively unsuccessful posts and comments to get 1000+ views. Imagine that many people huddled around you in the real world hearing your take on the Reddit API changes or looking at the dumb meme you made in 5 minutes. That would be something, wouldn't it? For some reason we don't think it is just because it's happening on the internet.

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And now potentially 100s of people will have the thought of poo in their heads. You did that. That's the power of the internet.

Jokes on you, I was already on the toilet when seeing this post