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Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
theguardian.com
Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I’ve been driven out by so-called ‘online activists’. The only answer is to unplug and try this instead
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