What Rusty Foster thinks about social media
Writer of Today in Tabs, a daily media-and-internet newsletter started in 2013; earlier founded the community site Kuro5hin.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Rusty Foster has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsErnie Smith is right that the era of one big social media network is over.
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Our readingThe only viable way forward is to assume that everything seen online is fake until proven otherwise.
Their wordsThe only viable way forward I can see is to assume that everything you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Not just ads or viral videos, either. Ragebait social media accounts? People you've never met in person interacting with you? Until you can verify it, disregard it as hallucinatory sensory input.